Handling SVGs in your XDA

[handrawn]

i still see no issue regarding svg as a graphic outside of website

[Acorn]

i still see no issue regarding svg as a graphic outside of website

handrawn, thank you. That is good to know.

Acorn

[handrawn]

you are welcome;
things are a lot better than they were eg import from inkscape now is sized correctly

[FLySOLO]

Very cool and usefull,

thank you,

Fly

I consider it amazing that Xara has yet to respond to handling SVG files in a vector-driven application.

This is my current workaround:

1. Drop an SVG onto the page.
   My demo file that I have used is AcornAtavar.svg
   The XDA renders this as a Group: a collection of shapes, text, fills and images, depending on the complexity of the SVG.
   All well and good until (Website > )Export and the grouped elements are converted to a 96dpi image, typically PNG. And yes, there could also be a Retina version.
   The group still requires an Image filename for SEO and just plain manners.
2. Select the Group and press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+A to get an Attach File dialog and locate and pick the same SVG.
   I use the Search Everything program so I can pick up the full path easily and input that directly.
   The places the file into the index_htm_files/ folder.
3. Now enter Placeholder > HTML code (body) and input:
   <img src="index_htm_files/
   AcornAtavar.svg
   " width=100% height=100% />
   You should keep Regenerate placeholder unticked, especially if scaling afterwards.
   
4. You now have an SVG instead of a PNG and a named one at that.

My design file: Attachment 129028

As an extra, I added some simple CSS to provide a rollover for comparison. It scales up the shapes to 500%. In use, you add the special Name htmlclass="svg" to anything.
The third acorn is "exploded" to show the artefacts in better detail.

Acorn

---

CSS:

<style>


.svg {
transition: transform 1s ease-in-out;
overflow: hidden;
}
.svg:hover {
transform: scale(5);
cursor: zoom-in;
}
</style>