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How do I show SVG icons in HTML?
SVG images can be written directly into the HTML document using the tag. To do this, open the SVG image in VS code or your preferred IDE, copy the code, and paste it inside the element in your HTML document. If you did everything correctly, your webpage should look exactly like the demo below.
How do SVG icons work?
The primary purpose of SVG icons is to define vector-based graphics in XML format. Moreover, you can edit, color, or animate each individual bit of an SVG icon, unlike your traditional icon font. Also since SVG icons are just a block of code, their sizes are much lower to that of image based PNG JPEG icons.
How do I tag an icon?
To insert an icon, add the name of the icon class to any inline HTML element. The and elements are widely used to add icons. All the icons in the icon libraries below, are scalable vector icons that can be customized with CSS (size, color, shadow, etc.)
What is the use of SVG in lightning component?
You can add an SVG resource to your component in two ways. Add it directly to your component’s HTML template. Upload the SVG resource as a static resource and import it in your component’s JavaScript file. SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is an XML-based image format that lets you define lines, curves, shapes, and text.
How to display SVG icons outside of a component?
The correct approach is the one Raul describes. However, if for whatever reason you did not want to use the lighting-button component (or you wanted to display an SVG outside of a component), you can display an SVG with the following LWC code: See documentation here. Thanks for contributing an answer to Salesforce Stack Exchange!
How to use SVG in Lightning Web Components?
If you are trying to use a custom SVG within Lightning Web Components, not as the icon for the Component itself in the builder, this answer is for you.
How to change the color of an icon in SVG?
Note that icons you import have a default fill attribute value #fff, which you can override in your svg sprite directly. For example, change the color to a shade of green by inserting fill=#648079 in the element. Alternatively, use CSS custom properties to change the fill color on your imported icon.
How to change color of lightning icon in CSS?
For example, change the color to a shade of green by inserting fill=#648079 in the element. Alternatively, use CSS custom properties to change the fill color on your imported icon. See the non-utility icon example in the Customize Component Styling section.