SVG Zoom Viewer

SVG Zoom Viewer is an Obsidian desktop plugin that opens SVG and common image embeds in a dedicated zoomable view.

Features

• Double-click an embedded image in reading view to open it in a dedicated leaf.
• Zoom with the mouse wheel.
• Drag to pan.
• Double-click inside the viewer to reset the transform.
• Supports svg, png, jpg, jpeg, webp, and gif.

SVG files are rendered in an iframe so they stay closer to native vector rendering than a regular <img> tag.

Installation

Community plugins

After this plugin is approved in the Obsidian community plugin directory, install it from Settings -> Community plugins -> Browse.

Manual installation

1. Download manifest.json, main.js, and styles.css from the matching GitHub release.
2. Copy them into .obsidian/plugins/svg-zoom-viewer/ inside your vault.
3. Reload Obsidian.
4. Enable SVG Zoom Viewer in Settings -> Community plugins.

Repository layout

svg-zoom-viewer/
  manifest.json
  main.js
  styles.css
  versions.json
  README.md
  LICENSE

Privacy and disclosures

• Desktop only.
• No network requests.
• No telemetry, tracking, analytics, or ads.
• No external service account required.
• No external file access outside what Obsidian already loads for embedded images in your vault.

Notes

• SVG rendering quality still depends on how Obsidian and Electron serve the source URL.
• If some SVGs still look rasterized, a future version can switch to inlining SVG markup instead of loading by URL.