Hi!

I could reproduce this behavior with 4.0.1.2, 4.0.2.2 and master.
Operatin system: Windows 7 64 bit

In 3.6.5.2 the hidden layer aren't displayed, but it's part of the inserted picture, concluded from the size of the inserted picture.

Please attach a svg that we can test with - difficult to find them laying around online :)

Marking as NEEDINFO, attach picture and mark as UNCONFIRMED and we will investigate.

Thanks!

haha nevermind, sorry I see the document -- my mistake! changing to UNCONFIRMED

Thank you for reporting this issue! I have been able to confirm the issue on:
Version: 4.1.0.0.alpha0+Build ID: 6e3e6ef7257e93743a72719581ef6fe0016e58e
Date:   Thu Apr 11 15:24:38 2013 +0200 
Platform: Bodhi Linux 2.2 x64

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As I've been able to confirm this problem I am marking as:

New (confirmed)
Normal - can prevent high quality work
Medium - default seems appropriate, svg's are pretty rare but this is a regression

Keywords - regression (works fine in 3.6.6.2 release)

Whiteboard Status - bibisectrequest

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Unfortunately because other issues with SVG images bibisect isn't as useful as it could be. Still, here it is:

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Removing comma from whiteboard (please use a space to delimit values in this field)
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Bugzilla/Fields/Whiteboard#Getting_Started

was fixed in 4.2.0 by commit b7a425aab6122b5848362815e5fe665c7e38da05