Dropping files on the canvas
Images, SVGs and documents dropped in

An SVG file dropped on the canvas: it comes in as a group of vectors, selected

By type

FileWhat happens
imagegoes into the Images archive and into the page under the pointer as a use, centered where you drop it; several images all go in
image on a photo gridgoes into the grid
.svggoes in as a group named after the file, centered on the point, above the other objects, in the page under the point or in the active one. Its resources join the document's; ids the document already has become "id-2"… One step
other documentsthey open

From the Images panel

Images dragged from the panel go into the grid they land on, or into the page as a use.