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grunt-svg-css
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grunt-svg-css
Convert a folder of SVG files into a single file using data-uri.
Getting Started
This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1
If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:
npm install grunt-svg-css --save-dev
Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-svg-css');
The "svgcss" task
Overview
In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named svgcss to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().
grunt.initConfig({
svgcss: {
options: {
// Task-specific options go here.
},
your_target: {
options: {
// Target-specific options go here.
},
// Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
},
}
})
Options
options.eol
Type: String
Default value: null
The line ending you would like to convert to. Defaults to system line endings returned by grunt.util.linefeed.
| Optional Values | Converts To |
|---|---|
'lf' | \n |
'crlf' | \r\n |
'cr' | \r |
options.cssprefix
Type: String
Default value: icon-
A string to prefix all css classes with.
options.csstemplate
Type: String
Default value: Goes to the templates/css.hbs file
Location of a handlebars template that will allow you to structure your CSS file the way that you choose. See Handlebars Variables for details on available variables.
Example of css.hbs file contents:
{{#each icons}}
{{#with this}}
{{prefix}}{{name}} { background-image: url("{{datauri}}"); background-repeat: no-repeat; }
{{/with}}
{{/each}}
options.defaultWidth
Type: String
Default: "400px"
A string that MUST be defined in px that will be the size of the PNG if there is no width given in the SVG element.
options.defaultHeight
Type: String
Default: "300px"
Similar to defaultWidth, but for height.
options.previewhtml
Type: String
Default value: "preview.html"
The name of the generated HTML file containing svg data uris. No preview html file will be generated if set to null.
options.previewtemplate
Type: String
Default value: Goes to the templates/preview.hbs file
Takes a path to the template that will be used for the preview.html. See Handlebars Variables for details on available variables.
Example of preview.hbs file contents:
<!doctype HTML>
<html>
<head>
<title>Icons Preview!</title>
<style>
body {
background-image: linear-gradient(#eee 25%, transparent 25%, transparent), linear-gradient(#eee 25%, transparent 25%, transparent), linear-gradient(transparent 75%, #eee 75%), linear-gradient(transparent 75%, #eee 75%);
width: 100%;
background-size: 10px 10px;
}
</style>
<link href="{{cssfile}}" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
{{#each icons}}
{{#with this}}
<pre><code>{{prefix}}{{name}}:</code></pre><div class="{{prefixClass}}{{name}}" style="width: {{width}}; height: {{height}};" ></div><hr/>
{{/with}}
{{/each}}
</body>
</html>
options.banner
Type: String
Default: ""
Prepend the specified string to the output file. Useful for licensing information.
options.footer
Type: String
Default: ""
Append the specified string to the output file.
options.footer
Type: String
Default: ""
Append the specified string to the output file.
options.minifycss
Type: Boolean
Default: false
If true minify CSS output using clean-css.
options.insertfinalnewline
Type: Boolean
Default: false
If true output files will end with a newline.
options.keepSpecialComments
Type: String Number
Default: '*'
To keep or remove special comments, exposing the underlying option from clean-css. '*' for keeping all (default), 1 for keeping first one only, 0 for removing all.
Handlebars Variables
These are the variables that are made available to the Handlebars template for the CSS and Preview templates.
An drag-handle.svg will generate the following icons object.
icons: [
{
name: 'drag-handle',
datauri: 'data:image/svg+xml;charset=US-ASCII,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22iso-8859-1%22%3F%3E%3C!DOCTYPE%20svg%20PUBLIC%20%22-%2F%2FW3C%2F%2FDTD%20SVG%201.1%20Tiny%2F%2FEN%22%20%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FGraphics%2FSVG%2F1.1%2FDTD%2Fsvg11-tiny.dtd%22%3E%3Csvg%20version%3D%221.1%22%20baseProfile%3D%22tiny%22%20id%3D%22Layer_1%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20xmlns%3Axlink%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F1999%2Fxlink%22%20%20x%3D%220px%22%20y%3D%220px%22%20width%3D%226px%22%20height%3D%2210px%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%206%2010%22%20xml%3Aspace%3D%22preserve%22%3E%3Crect%20fill%3D%22%23CDCCCC%22%20width%3D%222%22%20height%3D%222%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20x%3D%224%22%20fill%3D%22%23CDCCCC%22%20width%3D%222%22%20height%3D%222%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20y%3D%224%22%20fill%3D%22%23CDCCCC%22%20width%3D%222%22%20height%3D%222%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20x%3D%224%22%20y%3D%224%22%20fill%3D%22%23CDCCCC%22%20width%3D%222%22%20height%3D%222%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20y%3D%228%22%20fill%3D%22%23CDCCCC%22%20width%3D%222%22%20height%3D%222%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20x%3D%224%22%20y%3D%228%22%20fill%3D%22%23CDCCCC%22%20width%3D%222%22%20height%3D%222%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3Cg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3Cg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3Cg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3Cg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3Cg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E',
prefix: '.icon-',
prefixClass: 'icon-',
width: '6px',
height: '10px'
}
]
- icons: An array of icons.
- name: SVG name without the extension.
- datauri: The datauri of the svg.
- prefix: The prefix to use for the class name in the css file.
- prefixClass: The prefix to use for hte class name in the preview file.
- width: The width of the SVG, defaults to '400px' if it's undefined.
- height: The height of the SVB, defaults to '300px' if it's undefined.
Usage Examples
Default Options
In this example, the default options are used to convert a folder of SVG's to a single css file.
grunt.initConfig({
svgcss: {
defaultOptions: {
files: {
'tmp/defaultOptions.css': ['test/fixtures/*.svg']
}
}
}
})
Custom Options
In this example, custom options are used to convert all files to crlf.
grunt.initConfig({
svgcss: {
toCrlf: {
options: {
eol: 'crlf',
previewhtml: 'toCrlf.html'
},
files: {
'tmp/toCrlf.css': ['test/fixtures/*.svg']
}
}
}
})
See this packages Gruntfile.js for more usage examples.
Contributing
In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.
- All PR's should go to
developbranch. - Please follow the Angular Git Commit Guildelines.
FAQs
Convert a folder of SVG files into a single file using data-uri.
The npm package grunt-svg-css receives a total of 78 weekly downloads. As such, grunt-svg-css popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that grunt-svg-css demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 08 Aug 2017
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