How to link images relatively in Inkscape?



How to link images relatively in Inkscape?


Question

I would like to make relative links to pictures in an Inkscape file. So when I move the project files (images and the Inkscape master), I wouldn't have to relink the images.

What is the proper way to do this?

2011/12/06
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12/6/2011 11:14:00 AM

Accepted Answer

  1. Insert linked image
  2. Open XML editor and select the image
  3. Change the xlink:href attribute to be relative instead of absolute. For example, if your image is in the same directory as your svg file, then the value for xlink:href would look something like this: "./MyPic.jpg"

Example diff:

<        xlink:href="file:///home/foouser/svg/20150721_210652-0.JPG"
---
>        xlink:href="20150721_210652-0.JPG"

After saving, closing, and moving your svg file along with your image file, Inkscape should still display the image in your file. Also note that after re-opening, Inkscape will keep the xlink:href attribute, but also maintain a separate attribute called sodipodi:absref that will store the absolute location of the image. I've found that this doesn't matter -- you can still move your files around and Inkscape will refer to the xlink:href attribute to find your image.

Tested on Inkscape 0.48

2015/08/08
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8/8/2015 1:59:00 PM