Inkscape

Saved Layers disappear after opening, data still there

Bug #1663536 reported by markus on 2017-02-10

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #502075: Import Inkscape SVG loses layer and sub-layer information. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Inkscape	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Using 0.92 on Mac, I have created a file with a couple of layers. When I re-open the layers, there is only one layer left.

The content of the other layers is still there though as the XML editors reveal. They are all part of the first layer. see attached screenshot

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markus (mgs-r) wrote on 2017-02-10:

inkscape 0.92 bug.png Edit (185.3 KiB, image/png)

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su_v (suv-lp) wrote on 2017-02-10:

The screenshot shows a new document (see window title bar: "New document 4"), not a file which had been saved to disk and opened again. There might be a hidden question about basic usage (open versus import) in the bug description, outside of the scope of the bug tracker.

If a Inkscape SVG document is imported (instead of opened via 'File > Open', or via command line argument) into the current document (e.g. the new document which Inkscape opens if launched by itself), the layer structure within the imported image is not exposed in the Layers dialog - the imported image is presented as one object to the user. A request to make layers of imported Inkscape SVG drawings accessible in the 'Layers' dialog is tracked in
* Bug #502075 “Import Inkscape SVG loses layer and sub-layer information”
https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/502075

Ppropose to link the report as duplicate to bug 502075.

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markus (mgs-r) wrote on 2017-02-10:

Hi!

Indeed, I just dragged the file into Inkscape. I have now opened the file (instead of just dragging it into Inkscape) and all layers are there. Thanks for the clarification!

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su_v (suv-lp) wrote on 2017-02-10:

Glad you figured out how to open the file as intended with the original layer structure intact and present in the Layers dialog.

Linking as duplicate to bug #502075 nonetheless - an prompt with the option to choose whether or not to expose the layers of the imported file e.g. as sublayers of the current layer might have helped to better understand the difference.