I have seen lot libraries for svg on react but none gave me how to import a .svg in the react component , I have seen code which talk about bring the svg code in to react rather than using the .svg icon as image and show it in the UI .
Please let me know if there are ways to embed the icon .
For some reasons above mentioned approaches did now work for me, before I followed the advice to add .default like this:
<div>
<img src={require('../../mySvgImage.svg').default} alt='mySvgImage' />
</div>
Hard to believe adding a custom icon is so complicated. I found a similar solution to those posted above, but for me, I could not get the icon to display until I added the viewBox info, which I got directly from opening the SVG in a text editor.
//customIcon.js
import React from "react";
import {ReactComponent as ImportedSVG} from "path/to/myIcon.svg";
import { SvgIcon } from '@material-ui/core';
function CustomIcon() {
return(
<SvgIcon component={ImportedSVG} viewBox="0 0 384 512"/>
)
}
export default CustomIcon;
I also ran into an error with namespaces and had to clean up the SVG before it would work, following advice from this post
If you use create-react-app 2.0 you can now do do it like this:
import { ReactComponent as YourSvg } from './your-svg.svg';
And then use it just like you would normally use a component:
const App = () => (
<div>
<YourSvg />
</div>
);
Just write require with path inside the src of image. it will work. like:
<img alt="Clock" src={require('../assets/images/search_icon.svg')}/>
There are two ways I want to show you.
The first one is just a simple import of the required SVG.
import MyImageSvg from '../../path/to.svg';
Just remember to use a loader for e.g. Webpack:
{
test: /\.(ttf|eot|svg|woff(2)?)(\?[a-z0-9=&.]+)?$/,
include: [Path.join(__dirname, "src/assets")],
loader: "file-loader?name=assets/[name].[ext]"
}
Another (and more elegant way) is that you can define an SVG icon sprite and use a component to fetch the correct sprite of the SVG. For example:
import React from "react";
import Icons from "../../assets/icons/icons.svg"; // Path to your icons.svg
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
const Icon = ({ name, color, size }) => (
<svg className={`icon icon-${name}`} fill={color} width={size} height={size}>
<use xlinkHref={`${Icons}#icon-${name}`} />
</svg>
);
Icon.propTypes = {
name: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
color: PropTypes.string,
size: PropTypes.number
};
export default Icon;
The icon sprite (icons.svg) can be defined as:
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" style="display: none;">
<symbol id="icon-account-group" viewBox="0 0 512 512">
<path d="m256 301l0-41c7-7 19-24 21-60 10-5 16-16 16-30 0-12-4-22-12-28 7-13 18-37 12-60-7-28-48-39-81-39-29 0-65 8-77 30-12-1-20 2-26 9-15 16-8 46-4 62 1 2 2 4 2 5l0 42c0 41 24 63 42 71l0 39c-8 3-17 7-26 10-56 20-104 37-112 64-11 31-11 102-11 105 0 6 5 11 11 11l384 0c6 0 10-5 10-11 0-3 0-74-10-105-11-31-69-48-139-74z m-235 168c1-20 3-66 10-88 5-16 57-35 99-50 12-4 23-8 34-12 4-2 7-6 7-10l0-54c0-4-3-9-8-10-1 0-35-12-35-54l0-42c0-3-1-5-2-11-2-8-9-34-2-41 3-4 11-3 15-2 6 1 11-2 13-8 3-13 29-22 60-22 31 0 57 9 60 22 5 17-6 37-11 48-3 6-5 10-5 14 0 5 5 10 11 10 3 0 5 6 5 11 0 4-2 11-5 11-6 0-11 4-11 10 0 43-16 55-16 55-3 2-5 6-5 9l0 54c0 4 2 8 7 10 51 19 125 41 132 62 8 22 9 68 10 88l-363 0z m480-94c-8-25-49-51-138-84l0-20c7-7 19-25 21-61 4-2 7-5 10-9 4-5 6-13 6-20 0-13-5-23-13-28 7-15 19-41 13-64-4-15-21-31-40-39-19-7-38-6-54 5-5 3-6 10-3 15 3 4 10 6 15 3 12-9 25-6 34-3 15 6 25 18 27 24 4 17-6 40-12 52-3 6-4 10-4 13 0 3 1 6 3 8 2 2 4 3 7 3 4 0 6 6 6 11 0 3-1 6-3 8-1 2-2 2-3 2-6 0-10 5-10 11 0 43-17 55-17 55-3 2-5 5-5 9l0 32c0 4 3 8 7 10 83 31 127 56 133 73 7 22 9 68 10 88l-43 0c-6 0-11 5-11 11 0 6 5 11 11 11l53 0c6 0 11-5 11-11 0-3 0-74-11-105z"/>
</symbol>
<symbol id="icon-arrow-down" viewBox="0 0 512 512">
<path d="m508 109c-4-4-11-3-15 1l-237 269-237-269c-4-4-11-5-15-1-5 4-5 11-1 15l245 278c2 2 5 3 8 3 3 0 6-1 8-3l245-278c4-4 4-11-1-15z"/>
</symbol>
<symbol id="icon-arrow-left" viewBox="0 0 512 512">
<path d="m133 256l269-237c4-4 5-11 1-15-4-5-11-5-15-1l-278 245c-2 2-3 5-3 8 0 3 1 6 3 8l278 245c2 2 4 3 7 3 3 0 6-1 8-4 4-4 3-11-1-15z"/>
</symbol>
<symbol id="icon-arrow-right" viewBox="0 0 512 512">
<path d="m402 248l-278-245c-4-4-11-4-15 1-4 4-3 11 1 15l269 237-269 237c-4 4-5 11-1 15 2 3 5 4 8 4 3 0 5-1 7-3l278-245c2-2 3-5 3-8 0-3-1-6-3-8z"/>
</symbol>
</svg>
You can define your own icon sprite on http://fontastic.me/ for free.
And the usage: <Icon name="arrow-down" color="#FFFFFF" size={35} />
And possible add some simple styling for using the icons everywhere:
[class^="icon-"], [class*=" icon-"] {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
}
You can also import .svg, .jpg, .png, .ttf, etc. files like:
ReactDOM.render(
<img src={require("./svg/kiwi.svg")}/>,
document.getElementById('root')
);
If your SVG includes sprites, here's a component you can use. We have three or four groups of sprites... obviously you can pull that bit out if you only have one sprite file.
The Sprite component:
import React from 'react'
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
export default class Sprite extends React.Component {
static propTypes = {
label: PropTypes.string,
group: PropTypes.string,
sprite: PropTypes.string.isRequired
}
filepath(spriteGroup)
{
if(spriteGroup == undefined) { spriteGroup = 'base' }
return "/asset_path/sprite_" + spriteGroup + ".svg";
}
render()
{
return(
<svg aria-hidden="true" title={this.props.label}>
<use xlinkHref={`${this.filepath(this.props.group)}#${this.props.sprite}`}></use>
</svg>
)
}
}
And elsewhere in React you would:
import Sprite from './Sprite';
render()
{
...
<Sprite label="No Current Value" group='base' sprite='clock' />
}
Example from our 'base' sprite file, sprite_base.svg:
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<defs>
<symbol id="clock" viewBox="0 0 512 512">
<path fill="currentColor" d="M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm216 248c0 118.7-96.1 216-216 216-118.7 0-216-96.1-216-216 0-118.7 96.1-216 216-216 118.7 0 216 96.1 216 216zm-148.9 88.3l-81.2-59c-3.1-2.3-4.9-5.9-4.9-9.7V116c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h14c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v146.3l70.5 51.3c5.4 3.9 6.5 11.4 2.6 16.8l-8.2 11.3c-3.9 5.3-11.4 6.5-16.8 2.6z" class="">
</path>
</symbol>
<symbol id="arrow-up" viewBox="0 0 16 16">
<polygon points="1.3,6.7 2.7,8.1 7,3.8 7,16 9,16 9,3.8 13.3,8.1 14.7,6.7 8,0 "> </polygon>
</symbol>
<symbol id="arrow-down" viewBox="0 0 16 16">
<polygon points="14.7,9.3 13.3,7.9 9,12.2 9,0 7,0 7,12.2 2.7,7.9 1.3,9.3 8,16 "> </polygon>
</symbol>
<symbol id="download" viewBox="0 0 48 48">
<line data-cap="butt" fill="none" stroke-width="3" stroke-miterlimit="10" x1="24" y1="3" x2="24" y2="36" stroke-linejoin="miter" stroke-linecap="butt"></line>
<polyline fill="none" stroke-width="3" stroke-linecap="square" stroke-miterlimit="10" points="11,23 24,36 37,23 " stroke-linejoin="miter"></polyline>
<line data-color="color-2" fill="none" stroke-width="3" stroke-linecap="square" stroke-miterlimit="10" x1="2" y1="45" x2="46" y2="45" stroke-linejoin="miter"></line>
</symbol>
</devs>
</svg>
If you want to use SVG files as React components to perform customizations and do not use create-react-app, do the following:
yarn add --dev @svgr/webpack
webpack.config.js ...
module: {
rules: [
...
// SVG loader
{
test: /\.svg$/,
use: ['@svgr/webpack'],
}
],
},
...
import SomeImage from 'path/to/image.svg'
...
<SomeImage width={100} height={50} fill="pink" stroke="#0066ff" />
if you have .svg or an image locally. first you have to install the loader needed for svg and file-loader for images. Then you have to import your icon or image first for example:
import logo from './logos/myLogo.svg' ;
import image from './images/myimage.png';
const temp = (
<div>
<img src={logo} />
<img src={image} />
</div>
);
ReactDOM.render(temp,document.getElementByID("app"));
Happy Coding :")
resources from react website and worked for me after many searches: https://create-react-app.dev/docs/adding-images-fonts-and-files/
Source: Stackoverflow.com