Bug 32248

Ye...this is an issue for some time. Thanks for reporting.

Thorsten, would you have a review? It should be there since at least 3.2.1, if I remember it right. So not a regression.

I`m glad i can help :)

Yeah, indeed a problem. Does not happen for most of the openclipart svgs, thus reducing severity (see https://bugs.freedesktop.org/page.cgi?id=fields.html#importance for the scale). There's a native renderer for svg in the making, that should solve this (and many more) problems,

*** Bug 33161 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

This "SVG is Drawn without Text" is also hitting us.
Our Logo (SVG Design by Inkscape saved as Standard SVG) is drwan wrong:
http://www.automatix.de/cms/index.php/Datei:AutomatiX-Logo.svg

Imported to LibreOffice Writer the text is missing. :(
But imported into the Draw Module all seems to be correct.
This File show the wrong way:
http://www.automatix.de/cms/index.php/Datei:Wrong-SVG-Import-to-LibreOffice_Writer.odt
This File shows the correct way in Draw:
http://www.automatix.de/cms/index.php/Datei:AutomatiX-Logo-correct-import-to-draw.odg

I hope I could help stomething.
You can take this files for testing :)

(In reply to comment #5)
Belong to Version: LibreOffice 3.3.1 
OOO330m19 (Build:8)
tag libreoffice-3.3.1.2, Ubuntu package 1:3.3.1-1ubuntu3~lucid2

I've looked a number of SVG files where text does import and others where it doesn't and think I've found the common denominator. It looks like text within tspan elements is thrown away. tspan is described here: http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/text.html#TSpanElement

and it looks like recent versions of inkscape (and gnuplot) put text into tspan elements by default. It seems like this should not be horribly difficult to implement at least the x, y, dx, dy and rotate properties of tspan - since those should already be implemented for the base text element?

Taking the text that is missing from the broken svg files attached to this bug out of tspan elements and putting them into the parent text element manually allows them to be rendered in libreoffice draw (both the bugtest attachment above and the automatix logo).

ok - spoke a little too quickly.  The problem with gnuplot's text is different.
gnuplot produces text that looks like this:

	<g transform="translate(45.6,405.8)"  style="stroke:none; fill:black; font-family:Arial; font-size:12.00pt; text-anchor:end">
		<text> 10</text>
	</g>

which appears to be thrown away because there are no explicit coordinates given.  If the <text> is replaced with <text x="0" y="0"> then the text renders (in almost, but not quite, the right place - looks like the end alignment is ignored).

We have some similar bugs with similar results for me (Seamonkey and OOo show text, LibO not:
Bug 39554 - Insert->Picture->From File... *.SVG not correctly
Bug 39599 - EDITING, FILEOPEN SVG TEXT INKSCAPE
Bug 37994 - Wrong import of SVG files

We should try to get some order into this issue.

Still happening in 3.6.4.3 on Windows XP SP3 32 bits.

*** Bug 39599 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Change component to: Drawing

Confirming still reproducible on LO 4.0.4.2 (Win7 32bit)

Checked with:
LO 4.2.0.0.alfa0
Build ID: 2013-06-24 own debug build 
Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit

Could not reproduce. Both bugtest.svg, AutomatiX-Logo.svg are displayed correctly in Writer and Draw.

Apologies for not having gotten around fixing this bug yet; unfortunately in future I'll have even less time at my disposal for this, so I'm freeing up ownership for other volunteers to take over.

On pc Debian x86-64 with master sources updated today, here's what I got by using Draw:
1) with Automatix-Logo.svg, I can see the logo but not the text bellow.

console logs:
warn:xmloff.core:16464:1:xmloff/source/core/xmlimp.cxx:726: SvXMLImport::endElement: popped context has wrong prefix
warn:xmloff.core:16464:1:xmloff/source/core/xmlimp.cxx:726: SvXMLImport::endElement: popped context has wrong prefix
warn:legacy.osl:16464:1:svx/source/sdr/contact/viewcontactofsdrpathobj.cxx:67: PolyPolygon object without geometry detected, this should not be created (!)


2) with bugtext shows nothing and same console logs:
warn:xmloff.core:16464:1:xmloff/source/core/xmlimp.cxx:726: SvXMLImport::endElement: popped context has wrong prefix
warn:xmloff.core:16464:1:xmloff/source/core/xmlimp.cxx:726: SvXMLImport::endElement: popped context has wrong prefix

In Inkscape, try converting from Flowed Text to either:

1) Text > Convert to Text (requires the font to be present on the system to render correctly)
or
2) Convert object to paths (bigger file size, will always render correctly)

I've fixed importing with no text by doing these things. FlowedText is Inkscape specific and not part of SVG spec.

The text is there, if you insert the *.svg image into a Draw document, but it is missing, if you use File > Open. This is a LO only problem, in AOO the text is there also in case of File > Open.

*** Bug 72246 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Just to note to those watching that SVG import works fine in AOO - but fails in LO. This is a bug where LO is visibly falling down. See attachments to bug 72246.

*** Bug 68682 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Confirming Reginas observation. If opened with Impress nothing is visible. If opened via menu Insert > Image > From file svg shows fine.

OS X 10.9, LO 4.3 Version: 4.3.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 5e01904de993caa3d497a8f6c82a846336e70eef
TinderBox: MacOSX-x86@49-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2013-12-06_02:05:01
and 4.1.3.2
adding whiteboard status for both.

*** Bug 37994 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

*** Bug 69638 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

*** Bug 70739 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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In reply to Regina's comment 17: Can anyone have a look which commit in AOO actually solved the problem of missing text in SVG graphics. Couldn't this fix be ported to LibreOffice?

Marco/Christina: reading http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/SVG-tspan-td3953675.html, I thought you might be interested in this tracker.

*** Bug 74842 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

(In reply to comment #21)
> Confirming Reginas observation. If opened with Impress nothing is visible.
> If opened via menu Insert > Image > From file svg shows fine.
> 

Have observed that if svg file created from another program (e.g. dia), using the menu bar options insert|image|fromfile, the svg does _not_ show OK: vector lines are visible, but text is _not_ visible.

Also, after a quick search, this seems related/duplicate of to: 40177; 45771; 37650; 39554.

Created attachment 98382 [details]
screenshot of both test files inserted in writer

The screenshot shows both test files inserted into a writer document (not File -> Open !). All text is dispayed correctly.

Version: 4.3.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: 66c3d569187c4cef80b9c46ce216a8b2af0ebf02
Linux

I tried to verify Christina's success in comment 30 with a recent nightly build, but I get completely different problems:

On Insert->Image of an SVG. The file from the attachment inserts only the text, but not the logo. With another SVG file, LO crashes.

On File -> Open the SVG, I get the error message: "General Error. General input/output error."

Shall I file another bug report for this or is this problem known in current LibreOffice nightly?

Version: 4.3.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: 20778b037c688759a4dc46acb8aeb66c9d1290cc
TinderBox: Win-x86@39, Branch:master, Time: 2014-05-03_23:16:12
In VirtualBox on Windows XP.

This is a bug with long history and mixed observations on platforms / LO versions.

My tests:

4.2.3.3: Writer + Impress menu Insert > Image > From file import the svg perfectly fine. It shows and all text displayes and is readable.

Version: 4.3.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: f76026a43acc65465882924796d93e635c35fd90
TinderBox: MacOSX-x86@49-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2014-05-04_06:32:55
When menu > insert > image > from file, I see the spinning psycho pizza of death (osx) for a while but then the dialogue does open and I can insert the svg just fine.
same with impress (guess they share the same code at that place).

So WORKSFORME.

Should I have missed something please re-open and specify exactly what is not working in which environment for you.

@Gerry: since Christina was able to test successfully on Linux and things are working for me on OS X (with fresh release as well as latest nightly from today) I suggest to file any remaining problems as a new bug (one problem per bug). Attach the svg in question to make sure, issues can be reproduced.

Gerry: side note on XP: that beast is EOL (thankfully) so I suggest creating a new VirtualMachine with Win8.1 or such.

I reopen this bug, because the bug is about the problem that File->Open an SVG does not import the SVG text. Unfortunately, this problem is not solved.

To summarize the problem, I quote Regina from comment 17:

"The text is there, if you insert the *.svg image into a Draw document, but it is missing, if you use File > Open. This is a LO only problem, in AOO the text is there also in case of File > Open."

BTW, only via Open->File, the SVG is fully editable in LO. Being able to properly "open" an SVG is important.

Indeed. There's quite a lot of duplicates to this bug, most of which have example attachments, to check against before closing this "WORKSFORME".

Gerry, if you insert a svg in draw and select "break" from the context menu it is editable. 

There has been a problem with breaking the graphic such that parts of the graphic disappear after breaking. But with my recent build this problem does not exist anymore. However I can't tell which commit fixed this bug.

I've got Version: 4.3.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: f76026a43acc65465882924796d93e635c35fd90
TinderBox: Win-x86@39, Branch:master, Time: 2014-05-04_06:34:33
And there it is not fixed.

Hi all,
I see bug 78554 was fixed, it has very simila summary as this one. Does the commit in 78554 fix this one also?

LO 4.3RC2 only shows text but no logo. Am I supposed to see a logo? Not a lot of time and can't seem to figure out, how to import svg files to word.

No it is not fixed. The text is still missing when opened with Version: 4.4.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 4011b74eb7650a0eeb99d3acebb9ef60b0fcaab9
TinderBox: Win-x86@42, Branch:master, Time: 2014-07-18_03:54:18
on Windows 7 32bit

Please be careful in verifying. The issue is about opening via File > Open, not about insert.

(In reply to comment #40)
> Please be careful in verifying. The issue is about opening via File > Open,
> not about insert.

Also confirmed under Crunchbang linux 11 x86_64 using v4.4.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 3fdd4f069d5436cf39708004af7fda8175fbc4c2 (deb 2014-07-09). No text is displayed in Draw via File > Open.

This issue is still reproducible by File > Open with

Version: 4.3.1.0.0+
Build ID: 0d5d8c22f7be41d408d8ee4012ef1a6f4368423e
TinderBox: Win-x86@51-TDF, Branch:libreoffice-4-3, Time: 2014-07-23_05:34:04

*** Bug 64006 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

REOPENED is not the correct status as this is only used by developers when a bug is assigned. Setting to NEW

Also this is not a Major bug - it does not prevent high quality work (as there is a workaround from what I can see in the comments).

MAJOR is loss of data/crash that there is no workaround for, here if you go to insert it seems like the text is imported.

Please don't change the severity or priority again. Thanks

Sorry for the noise - upping to High because of the # of duplicates (minor because there is the workaround, can slow down high quality/professional work but won't prevent it)

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I tested LibreOffice 4.2.6.3 on Arch Linux. The bug is still present.

1. I started Inkscape, wrote a few words, saved the file and closed Inkscape.

2. I started LibreOffice, opened the svg-file, no text is visible!