Bug 396567

Summary: SVG/SVGZ icon display problem.
Product: [Applications] dolphin Reporter: alefcant
Component: view-engine: generalAssignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status: NEEDSINFO WAITINGFORINFO    
Severity: normal CC: aristsakas, justin.zobel, kdedev
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 17.12.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Kubuntu   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: dolphin window and file properties dialog

Description alefcant 2018-07-16 11:49:17 UTC
Created attachment 113965 [details]
dolphin window and file properties dialog

Dolphin cannot display SVG/SVGZ icons assigned to a given mimetype, but rather displays the 'unknown' mimetype icon, while the file icon is correctly displayed in the properties dialog (see attachment).

On the other hand dolphin has no problem in displaying the preview of svg/svgz files (i.e. the folder containing the icon files).

Of course, if I choose a PNG image as mimetype icon, Dolphin displays it correctly (like the *.fcd mimetype in the screenshot).
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2018-08-02 18:54:06 UTC
Could be a duplicate of bug 368951, but it only mentions folder icons.
Comment 2 Justin Zobel 2020-11-05 05:18:15 UTC
Thanks for the report, are you able to confirm if this issue is still persisting, thanks.
Comment 3 alefcant 2020-11-06 17:37:42 UTC
(In reply to Justin Zobel from comment #2)
> Thanks for the report, are you able to confirm if this issue is still
> persisting, thanks.

I realized that both plain and inkscape svg/svgz icons work as soon as I put them in a standard subdirectory (e.g. places or mimetypes, etc.) in ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/scalable.

If those same icons are in another path (e.g. ~/images/icons) they do not work. If those same icons are converted in png format (and probably other formats too) then they work from any path.

That happens both in kubuntu 18.04 and 20.04.1
Comment 4 Justin Zobel 2020-11-07 01:35:47 UTC
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Comment 5 aristsakas 2026-01-01 21:21:33 UTC
Thank you for the bug report. Unfortunately we were not able to get to it yet. Can we ask you to please check if this is still an issue with Dolphin 25.12.0.
Comment 6 alefcant 2026-01-03 16:42:12 UTC
Il 01/01/26 22:21, aristsakas ha scritto:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=396567
> 
> aristsakas <aristsakas@gmail.com> changed:
> 
>             What    |Removed                     |Added
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>               Status|REPORTED                    |NEEDSINFO
>           Resolution|---                         |WAITINGFORINFO
>                   CC|                            |aristsakas@gmail.com
> 
> --- Comment #5 from aristsakas <aristsakas@gmail.com> ---
> Thank you for the bug report. Unfortunately we were not able to get to it yet.
> Can we ask you to please check if this is still an issue with Dolphin 25.12.0.
> 

I'm sorry but I'm still using Dolphin 22.12.3

which linux distribution should I install to test Dolphin 25.12.0 ?
Comment 7 aristsakas 2026-01-03 22:23:00 UTC
(In reply to alefcant from comment #6)
> Il 01/01/26 22:21, aristsakas ha scritto:
> > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=396567
> > 
> > aristsakas <aristsakas@gmail.com> changed:
> > 
> >             What    |Removed                     |Added
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >               Status|REPORTED                    |NEEDSINFO
> >           Resolution|---                         |WAITINGFORINFO
> >                   CC|                            |aristsakas@gmail.com
> > 
> > --- Comment #5 from aristsakas <aristsakas@gmail.com> ---
> > Thank you for the bug report. Unfortunately we were not able to get to it yet.
> > Can we ask you to please check if this is still an issue with Dolphin 25.12.0.
> > 
> 
> I'm sorry but I'm still using Dolphin 22.12.3
> 
> which linux distribution should I install to test Dolphin 25.12.0 ?

Fedora is a very good choice. Here is a good resource. https://community.kde.org/Distributions