Designer crashes when opening SVG file without enclosing <SVG></SVG> element

[Megnusin]

Sample SVG file attached.

Tested on Affinity Designer 2.5.4 running on macOS 12.7.6. 

test.svg

[Hangman]

Hi @Megnusin,

What is the logic of having the file minus its SVG Tags?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg>
<g id="test" viewBox="0 0 35 35"
    ><path
        d="M10.442,24.558l-9.442,9.442"
        style="fill: none; stroke: var(--stroke_color, #333); stroke-width: 1.28px"></path
></g>
    </svg>

new_test.svg

[Megnusin]

6 minutes ago, Hangman said:

What is the logic of having the file minus its SVG Tags?

I didn't say there is any logic to opening an invalid SVG file.

Designer should handle an invalid file gracefully rather than crashing, bringing down other open files with it.

[stokerg]

Hi @Megnusin,

Thanks for reporting this.

I've logged it with the Developers, as a crash is always unwanted behaviour   

[Megnusin]

Thank you @stokerg.

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "Crash when opening SVG file without enclosing <SVG> tags" (REF: AF-4146) has been fixed by the developers in the latest beta build (2.6.0.2805). The fix is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
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