Is there any way I can preview my svg files before I open them?

So I can get something similar to a thumbnail gallery that we all use for photos.

I'm using Windows 7 64 bit

Any suggestions work arounds much appreciated!

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There used to be a program which would do that. But the owner/creator disappeared a few years ago, and no one else appears to have taken up the project. I actually have a file, which I would be glad to share via email. But it really only displays less the half of my SVG file thumbnails (in Windows Explorer).

Since Microsoft has begun to display SVG images in IE9, I suspect we will begin to see better support, if not with future service packs of Win7, then in the next operating system version.

Until then, what I do is use Inkscape itself. I just open a new blank document and click Open. Then I can browse through my files and see the thumbnails

Perfect!
Open -> select file -> click show preview, then you can scroll through the files with thumbnails!

perfect cheers!

Ringster wrote:Open -> select file -> click show preview, then you can scroll through the files with thumbnails!

Good tip, however you see only the SVG when you click on it.

I'm searching more a SVG-Image-Thumbnail-Preview-Browser and on Windows I could find only IrfanView with a bad SVG rendering using CADImage (version 7.4.0.2, Shareware, third party plugin).
It would be a huge step if Inkscape would integrate directory listing thumbnail previews (Win-System). Please post here better alternatives.



EDIT: have found something more via this site:
Opera SVG Viewer (Widget only as Opera plugin?) - see Blog Opera SVG Viewer v2.0b5
Aurora SVG Viewer & Converter (Shareware)

Well, since MS has started to support SVG with IE9, it's my hope that Windows Explorer will be able to display SVG, as soon as the next major operating system release. Even better if it could happen with a future Win7 service pack

On Ubuntu all the SVG files have a preview just like any other image

Isn't there a way to hook windows' preview function to Inkscape's command-line renderer?