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= declare namespaces for svg and xlink=
#REDIRECT [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/SVG:Namespaces_Crash_Course Namespaces Crash Course]
 
the namespace declaration for svg is required if you don't specify it, nothing will be rendered. the xlink namespace is required if you use <use/>, <image/>, <a/> ...
 
*the svg namespace: http://www.w3.org/2000/svg
*the xlink namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink
 
a simple SVG file may look like this:
 
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <title>title of drawing</title>
</svg>
= use namespace aware methods in javascript=
 
when using js, make sure you use the namspace aware methods like
 
*getElementsByTagNameNS()
*createElementNS()
*setAttributeNS()
*getAttributeNS()
*...
 
svg elements are in the svg namespace. svg attributes are in the null namespace.
for example, to dynamicly create an <image> element, do it like this:
 
svgns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xlinkns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
newIM=document.createElementNS(svgns,"image")
newIM.setAttributeNS(null,"width",100)
newIM.setAttributeNS(null,"height",100)
newIM.setAttributeNS(xlinkns,"href","bild2.png")

Latest revision as of 04:55, 3 December 2005