Unable to use transparent fill in Block media svg
I believe it depends on the specific SVG being used. If you check the other SVG icons, you'll notice they don't have a fill attribute (inline) on the main <svg> tag but rather on the child <path> tags. By setting the fill="none" attribute on the two <path> elements of this SVG, the icon should display properly. I hope...
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GrapesJS version
- I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS
[email protected]when this issue was filed
What browser are you using?
Firefox 132, Chrome 131
Reproducible demo link
https://jsfiddle.net/x54f9v68/1/
Describe the bug
How to reproduce the bug?
- Add a custom block, with the
mediaproperty set to an SVG with a transparent fill - Check the blocks tab, and
notice the fill is automatically set to
currentColor
What is the expected behavior?
Fill should be transparent
What is the current behavior?
Fill inheritscurrentColor, which incorrectly renders the icon
Looks like fill is set to currentColor in a few places, but I think this line is the one causing troubles for the block panel.
When I toggle that off in Chrome's style tab, things appear to work:
.gjs-block svg {
fill: currentColor; // toggle this off
}
This is one of the flat icons bundled with react-icons. In the actual code, the svg is summoned with:
import { FiLink } from 'react-icons/fi';
import { renderToString } from 'react-dom/server';
const icon = renderToString(FiLink({size: '100%'}));
console.log("icon", icon); // only used to grab the string for reproduction, otherwise passed to the `media` property
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Answers (4)
I believe it depends on the specific SVG being used. If you check the other SVG icons, you'll notice they don't have a fill attribute (inline) on the main <svg> tag but rather on the child <path> tags. By setting the fill="none" attribute on the two <path> elements of this SVG, the icon should display properly. I hope this helps you resolve the issue!
@samex Specifying fill="none" did the trick, thanks! That'll deffo help get my custom stuff working more predictably.
Past that, I think the main pain point would be trying to use third-party SVGs (e.g. "react-icons") or wysiwyg output that doesn't explicitly set the fill attributes. With those use-cases in mind, I'll keep this bug open for now, unless the maintainers prefer it closed.
Yeah I'd close this one as it's not strictly related to the core itself but thanks for point this out
Thanks for reporting this, @tonypapousek.
Great question about Unable to use transparent fill in Block media svg. The recommended approach with StyleManager 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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