Emre Tosunkaya

Using SVG Icon Path in CSS Classes + Encoded Inline SVG Usage

I’m embedding the following SVG icon as a path in my HTML page:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="10" height="10" viewBox="0 0 16 16"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4.646 1.646a.5.5 0 0 1 .708 0l6 6a.5.5 0 0 1 0 .708l-6 6a.5.5 0 0 1-.708-.708L10.293 8 4.646 2.354a.5.5 0 0 1 0-.708z"/></svg>

How can I include the above SVG icon path as a class in CSS? So I can just use it as an attribute in my HTML page like this:

<i class="chevron-right"></i>

Solution

Use it as background:

.chevron-right {
 display: inline-block;
 width: 1rem;
 background: url('data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="10" height="10" viewBox="0 0 16 16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4.646 1.646a.5.5 0 0 1 .708 0l6 6a.5.5 0 0 1 0 .708l-6 6a.5.5 0 0 1-.708-.708L10.293 8 4.646 2.354a.5.5 0 0 1 0-.708z"/></svg>') 0 0/contain no-repeat;
}
.chevron-right::before {
 content: "";
 display: block;
 padding-top: 100%;
}
<i class="chevron-right"></i>
<i class="chevron-right" style="width:2rem"></i>
<i class="chevron-right" style="width:4rem"></i>

Alternative:

In case you want coloration consider mask:

.chevron-right {
 display: inline-block;
 width: 1rem;
 -webkit-mask: url('data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="10" height="10" viewBox="0 0 16 16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4.646 1.646a.5.5 0 0 1 .708 0l6 6a.5.5 0 0 1 0 .708l-6 6a.5.5 0 0 1-.708-.708L10.293 8 4.646 2.354a.5.5 0 0 1 0-.708z"/></svg>') 0 0/contain;
 background: currentColor;
}
.chevron-right::before {
 content: "";
 display: block;
 padding-top: 100%;
}
<i class="chevron-right"></i>
<i class="chevron-right" style="width:2rem;color:red;"></i>
<i class="chevron-right" style="width:4rem;color:blue;"></i>

Alternative 2:

Using SVG as background image With my solution you’re able to get something similar: Here is bulletproff solution: Your html: <input class='calendarIcon'/> Your SVG: i used fa-calendar-alt (any IDE may open svg image as shown below)

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 448 512">
 <path d="M148 288h-40c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12v-40c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h40c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v40c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12zm108-12v-40c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v40c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h40c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12zm96 0v-40c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v40c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h40c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12zm-96 96v-40c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v40c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h40c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12zm-96 0v-40c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v40c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h40c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12zm192 0v-40c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v40c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h40c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12zm96-260v352c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V112c0-26.5 21.5-48 48-48h48V12c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h40c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v52h128V12c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h40c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v52h48c26.5 0 48 21.5 48 48zm-48 346V160H48v298c0 3.3 2.7 6 6 6h340c3.3 0 6-2.7 6-6z"/>
</svg>

To use it at css background-image you gotta encode the svg to address valid string. I used this tool (name: URL Decoder—Convert garbled address) As far as you got all stuff you need, you’re coming to css

.calendarIcon{
 //your url will be something like this:
 background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,***<here place encoded svg>***");
 background-repeat: no-repeat;
 }

Note: these styling wont have any effect on encoded svg image

.{
 fill: #f00; //neither this
 background-color: #f00; //nor this
}

because all changes over the image must be applied directly to its svg code <svg xmlns="" path="" fill="#f00"/></svg> To achive the location righthand i copied some Bootstrap spacing and my final css get the next look:

.calendarIcon{
 background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg...svg%3E");
 background-repeat: no-repeat;
 padding-right: calc(1.5em + 0.75rem);
 background-position: center right calc(0.375em + 0.1875rem);
 background-size: calc(0.75em + 0.375rem) calc(0.75em + 0.375rem);
 }

URL-encoder for SVG [Inline SVG CSS]: 

https://yoksel.github.io/url-encoder/

My solution included https://yoksel.github.io/url-encoder/ You just simply insert your svg and getting back background-image code

We can use SVG in CSS via data URI, but without encoding it works only in Webkit based browsers. If encode SVG using encodeURIComponent() it will work everywhere. 🛸 Url-encoder, useful for SVG

SVG must have attribute xmlns like this: xmlns='http: //www.w3.org/2000/svg'. If it doesn’t exist, it will be added automagically.

Encoded SVG can be used in background, in border-image or in mask (live demo https://codepen.io/yoksel/full/WNrLpYW ).

  1. Take svg.
  2. Encode it with url-encoder.
  3. Use code as background-image or border-image or mask.
  4. Enjoy!

Inline SVG In CSS Usage:

.fa-linkedin {
background: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 448 512'%3E%3Cpath d='M416 32H31.9C14.3 32 0 46.5 0 64.3v383.4C0 465.5 14.3 480 31.9 480H416c17.6 0 32-14.5 32-32.3V64.3c0-17.8-14.4-32.3-32-32.3zM135.4 416H69V202.2h66.5V416zm-33.2-243c-21.3 0-38.5-17.3-38.5-38.5S80.9 96 102.2 96c21.2 0 38.5 17.3 38.5 38.5 0 21.3-17.2 38.5-38.5 38.5zm282.1 243h-66.4V312c0-24.8-.5-56.7-34.5-56.7-34.6 0-39.9 27-39.9 54.9V416h-66.4V202.2h63.7v29.2h.9c8.9-16.8 30.6-34.5 62.9-34.5 67.2 0 79.7 44.3 79.7 101.9V416z' fill='white'/%3E%3C/svg%3E") 0/contain no-repeat;
margin:auto;
width: 1.5rem;
}
  • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65453752/svg-icon-path-class-in-css
  • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10768451/inline-svg-in-css
  • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9185434/using-svg-as-background-image

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