Error in previewing thumbnails of SVG files

[GabrielReyes3]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.90.1

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Area(s) with issue?

File Explorer: Preview Pane

Steps to reproduce

The SVG thumbnails look black, on my desktop and in any path in the file explorer, but if I select one in the explorer, it appears in the preview.

✔️ Expected Behavior

to display thumbnails of SVG files

❌ Actual Behavior

Thumbnails of SVG files turn black

Additional Information

No response

Other Software

No response

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[kazza-dev]

Same here, any fix?

[guyinpv]

SVG icons always solid black when a folder is first opened. I can make the preview thumbs appear just by CTL+Scroll to resize icons and then it works until I refresh the folder (F5) or leave and come back etc. Using latest version of powertools as of this note, latest Windows 11 updates installed.

[GabrielReyes3]

SVG icons always solid black when a folder is first opened. I can make the preview thumbs appear just by CTL+Scroll to resize icons and then it works until I refresh the folder (F5) or leave and come back etc. Using latest version of powertools as of this note, latest Windows 11 updates installed.

I have the same problem, and i dont found any solution at today.

[Jaffacakelover]

Issue persists as of PowerToys v0.93.0. For me it manifests as white squares, because I use dark mode:

It looks like it's an issue with transparency. The SVGs have a transparent background in the Preview Pane, but the transparent background is rendered as solid white in File Explorer. So white on white looks like nothing has loaded.

This theory's backed up by the mostly-working previews of color SVGs:

Do you have any SVGs that are color (or at least not black) to test?