Beginner Question: Imported SVG appears to not contain the expected image.

[SenorMogul]

Hi, new to this forum and i'm a web developer but a beginner with Affinity and i have no Adobe experience either, so i've got a lot to learn!  I'm on MacOS Monterey 12.6.2.

And my question is likely a simple one, but the tutorials i've read/watched so far do not seem to address this.

A designer sent me a logo as an SVG file (created in Figma i believe) and i simply want to trim it down to match some other logos that were sent to me.  If i right-click on the SVG file and open it with Chrome (or any other browser), it opens in a browser window and looks just as i'd expect it to.  However, if i open it with Affinity Designer or Photo, all i get is a blank pixelated background.  I'm sure you all know what it looks like, but i'm attaching a screenshot.  I have also tried simply starting Affinity Designer and then choosing File->Place, select the SVG file and then place it onto the canvas.  However, i cannot see the logo image, all i see is a blank pixelated canvas and that's what i don't understand and i don't know how to proceed.  The Layers tab on the right shows a single layer, entitled my MyLogo.svg, but nothing is visible on the screen. I get the same result in Affinity Photo 2.

My intention is to display a series of logos on a webpage all lined up, and i can import these SVGs to my site and display it on a page just fine, i simply need to get them all to the same size.  So, the SVG file format is fine (from all indications).  I've attached a snapshot of what i'm seeing.  Am i missing something basic?  I understand that an SVG is a vector graphic with layers, but i only see one layer in the Layers viewer, so i don't think it's as simple as "You're looking at the wrong layer".

Can anybody help a newb out here?

cheers!

[SenorMogul]

Wow ok, many thanks for your reply.  Everything that i had read indicated that you could edit SVG files with ease in Affinity and i was starting to go a little stir crazy.  Many thanks for confirming that i am "not crazy" (at least as far as this topic goes).  😀 cheers and thanks again.

[v_kyr]

Look into the SVG file with an text editor then you can inspect if it maybe contains SVG code Affinity is not aware of or can't interpret. - Or show the SVG file here, then other people can tell you why that doesn't show up correctly in ADe/APh.

[firstdefence]

Could also be that the elements are off canvas so look at the layer panel to see if any of the elements are evident, then click on a layer and check it's X and Y co-ordinates in the transform panel.