SVG Not rendering when inside any HTML Element
Question
GrapesJS version
- I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS
What browser are you using?
Version 94.0.4606.81 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Reproducible demo link
https://grapesjs.com/demo.html
Describe the bug
How to reproduce the bug?
Add any SVG directly it will be visible in the canvas - then wrap the same SVG element inside DIV / SECTION / UL / LI
once it's wrapped it is not visible in canvas.
What is the expected behavior? SVG elements must be visible in the canvas
What is the current behavior? SVG elements not rendering - when wrapped inside HTML Blocks DIV/ SECTION/ ...
Insert the following code using Custom Code block in the GrapesJs
<div id="i5cde" class="icon-rounded text-white mb-4 bg-dark">
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" width="40px" height="40px">
<path d="M13 12h7v1.5h-7m0-4h7V11h-7m0 3.5h7V16h-7m8-12H3c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v13c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h18c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V6c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2m0 15h-9V6h9">
</path>
</svg>
</div>
<h3 id="ixw0n">Web App Prototypes
<br draggable="true" data-highlightable="1" id="i3k5o">
</h3>
<p id="ijtagh" class="mb-0 text-secondary">Prototype UX/UI and get battle-tested markups, ready for your next web project.
</p>
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Answers (4)
I keep having this problem in version 0.17.19
I'm sorry I just spelled it wrong. I meant 0.17.29.
Thanks for the report @inventorbit
I can see an issue in parsing the <path> tag. I'll investigate and try to fix it for the next release.
Thanks for reporting this, @inventorbit.
Great question about SVG Not rendering when inside any HTML Element. The recommended approach with Canvas is to use the event-driven API.
Start here:
- Check the GrapesJS documentation for your specific module
- Look for the
on()event listener method - Most operations can be achieved by listening to editor and component events
Common patterns:
// Listen for changes
editor.on('change', () => console.log('something changed'));
// Component lifecycle
editor.on('component:mount', (c) => console.log('component ready', c));
editor.on('component:update', (c) => console.log('component updated', c));
If you're still stuck:
- Share a minimal CodeSandbox reproduction
- Include what you've already tried
- Mention your GrapesJS version
- The community is here to help!
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