The SVG <image>
element allows for raster images to be rendered within an SVG object.
In this basic example, a .jpg image referenced by an href
attribute will be rendered inside an SVG object:
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd"> <svg width="5cm" height="4cm" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <image href="firefox.jpg" x="0" y="0" height="50px" width="50px"/> </svg>
There are some important things to take note of (referenced from the W3 specs):
- If you do not set the
x
ory
attributes, they will be set to0
. - If you do not set the
height
orwidth
attributes, they will be set to0
. - Having a
height
orwidth
attribute of0
will disable rendering of the image.