Comments on: 6 Common SVG Fails (and How to Fix Them) https://css-tricks.com/6-common-svg-fails-and-how-to-fix-them/ Tips, Tricks, and Techniques on using Cascading Style Sheets. Thu, 19 Jan 2023 15:07:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Mariana Beldi https://css-tricks.com/6-common-svg-fails-and-how-to-fix-them/#comment-1802695 Thu, 19 Jan 2023 15:07:20 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=376352#comment-1802695 In reply to Vadim Makeev.

Hi Vadim! Nice to meet another SVG fan! :D

I totally agree with you, sorry if I didn’t make it that clear in the article, but yes, to be honest, I usually don’t use the SVG namespace in HTML and never had a problem with that. But I did have problems when working with them on CSS (as the example) or with the xlink:href not so long ago.

My point was to make anyone aware of that, just in case they are dealing with something similar.

Thanks for mentioning this!

]]> By: Mariana Beldi https://css-tricks.com/6-common-svg-fails-and-how-to-fix-them/#comment-1802693 Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:40:58 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=376352#comment-1802693 In reply to Simon.

That’s true! It’s a good point.
The only one I’m including is that mention about flexbox and position absolute behavior but is an idea that could be extended in a separate article.

I believe a nice disclaimer with a checklist or article to first check visibility, display, opacity, sizing could help :)

Thanks for the feedback!

]]> By: Vadim Makeev https://css-tricks.com/6-common-svg-fails-and-how-to-fix-them/#comment-1802686 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 22:36:44 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=376352#comment-1802686 It’s always nice to see other people as excited about SVG as I am. There aren’t many of us! I hope you don’t mind if I add a few things to the namespaces chapter.

There’s a simple rule: SVG is XML, requiring a namespace on the root element to be rendered (every browser is consistent with that). Even if it’s inlined in CSS as data:uri. But when it’s inlined in HTML, there’s no need for the namespace (especially for the <html> element), just like you don’t need type=text/javascript for your <script>. Every HTML5-compatible browser parser agrees with that behavior. And every browser has been HTML5 compatible for at least ten years, but probably more.

I don’t think it makes a lot of sense to add namespaces for legacy browsers today. I think among all the parts of the typical modern website, SVG without a namespace would fail the last :)

]]> By: Simon https://css-tricks.com/6-common-svg-fails-and-how-to-fix-them/#comment-1802673 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 15:07:08 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=376352#comment-1802673 This is all great advice, I’d just like to add something else to consider specifically in the context of SVG on a webpage. It could easily be the case that the problem isn’t with the SVG at all, and is due to CSS positioning, z-index, etc. etc.

Essentially all of the things that can ruin your day using <img> or <div> can also apply to your SVGs. I have spent a non-zero amount of time trying to debug SVGs that were hidden/clipped due to markup/styling on the page itself. Not the best use of time so always worth double checking visibility, display etc. and making sure devtools shows the <svg> is actually displaying where and how you expect.

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