SVG Fill colour Issue

[Westlake]

I'm working with an SVG file, trying to fill the inside area of a closed line with colour. I'm missing some fundamental information here because when I change the fill colour like I've done many times before, the colour inside the line changes but the area I want to fill remains transparent.  I expect that this will be an easy problem to resolve with the right SVG fundamental, but I'm not sure what to search on to find the answer myself. Everything  tried missed the mark.

Alberta11.svg

[Guest]

Hello Westlake,

You can select the shape, do "Divide", delete (or keep) the shape on top of the layers. You can then put a filling color and adjust the stroke thickness to suit your needs.

[v_kyr]

Well that's an Ai generated SVG with a bunch of proprietary extensions ...

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... thus it won't be handled the same manner by other SVG engines.

[Westlake]

AWESOME, Thanks for the speedy solution @reglico!

 

[Westlake]

Thanks, @v_kyr,  I bought this as part of a package this morning for a project. Thankfully the solution worked despite the file's origins!

[Guest]

Thanks for the feedback @Westlake

[Bjorn86]

This solution not work in the new version for me