Using SVG inline provides total access to the graphic for complete customization and control over its output. This is especially handy when creating shapes by hand in the browser, or making edits to an existing graphic.

I recently wrote a post on understanding SVG viewport and viewBox and figured this would be the perfect follow-up topic to quickly dig a little deeper.

In using the <svg> element we are establishing a fragment consisting of nested details in our document. This fragment has its own viewport and coordinate system which can seem very complex and intimidating when first getting started.

I have been working with SVG gradients a lot lately. I wrote about getting started with SVG gradients over at SitePoint, and also an intro on animating SVG gradients over at Designmodo. While they are super neat and pretty straight forward, I ran into a couple cross browser issues that I wanted to discuss further in this post.

I recently did some experimenting with animating inline SVG icons and wanted to quickly review my process and the joys and frustrations I ran into.

I created two demos to show how animations can be activated via switch. One demo animates an “Airplane Mode” experience and the other contains a series of street lamps that will turn on. So let’s take a look.