Add svg icon in the middle of an svg curved line - svg

I have a curved svg line like this
<path d="M70,260 C105,260 126,330 160,330"
style="stroke: #ff4444;stroke-width:2; fill:none;"/>
what I want is to add another svg (like https://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/play-button_149657) in the middle of my line pointing to the end point.
any ideas?

One way to achieve the result is a degenerate animation:
Define the marker shape (obj1 in the example below)
Position the marker at the beginning of the curve (track1 below; this is the path definition from your example).
Specify an animated motion of the marker shape along the curve with some particular settings:
Explicit positioning along the track using keyTimes, keyPoints attributes, limiting the range of positions to exactly one point: the midpoint of the curve
Infinite duration, infinite repeat
Auto-rotation of the shape according to the orientation of the track curve ( rotate attribute )
Effectively there is no animation at all but the shape is positioned at the center of the curve, properly oriented.
Example
<html>
<head>
<title>SVG object centered on path</title>
</head>
<body>
<svg width="200px" height="200px"
viewBox="0 0 500 500"
version="1.1"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
>
<defs>
<path
id="obj1"
d="M11.18,0 L-2.5,10 -2.5,-10 Z"
stroke="black" stroke-width="1" fill="green"
>
</path>
<path
id="track1"
d="M70,260 C105,260 126,330 160,330"
stroke="#ff4444" stroke-width="2" fill="none"
/>
</defs>
<use xlink:href="#track1"/>
<use xlink:href="#obj1">
<animateMotion
calcMode="linear"
dur="infinite"
repeatCount="infinite"
rotate="auto"
keyPoints="0.5;0.5"
keyTimes="0.0;1.0"
>
<mpath xlink:href="#track1"/>
</animateMotion>
</use>
</svg>
</body>
</html>

There are a number of ways to do this.
One way is to "cheat" a little and use a <textPath> and an arrow character.
SVG marker-mid on specific point on path
This is a little hacky, and may not work reliably on all browsers, but it may be good enough for your needs.
Another way is split the path in two (using De Casteljau's algorithm), and use a <marker>.
<svg viewBox="0 200 200 200" width="400">
<defs>
<marker id="Triangle"
viewBox="0 0 10 10" refX="0" refY="5"
markerUnits="strokeWidth"
markerWidth="4" markerHeight="3"
orient="auto">
<path d="M 0 0 L 10 5 L 0 10 z" />
</marker>
</defs>
<path d="M 70,260
C 87.5,260 101.5,277.5 115.375,295
C 129.25,312.5 143,330 160,330"
style="stroke: #ff4444; stroke-width:2; fill:none; marker-mid:url(#Triangle)"/>
</svg>
There are other ways using Javascript. For example, you could use the SVGPathElement.getPointAtLength() method to find the coordinates of the centre of the path. Then position a triangle at that location.

Related

Drawing a partial circle, with varying height, without gradients (for leaflet map markers)

I'm trying to generate an svg icon to use as Leaflet map markers. There's a circle which should be partially filled (vertically) based on a percentage variable between 0 and 1 (0 = no fill, 1 = full circle). I managed to accomplish what I need using a linear gradient, and that was working fine in Google Maps. Now I'm migrating to Leaflet, and apparently Leaflet doesn't support linear gradients in icons, as it doesn't render it properly. Or maybe it just doesn't support referencing elements with url().
This is what I have been using, using 0.4 as the fill percentage:
<svg width="25px" height="25px" viewBox="0 0 100 100" version="1.1">
<linearGradient id="perc" x1="0.4" y1="1" x2="0.4" y2="0">
<stop stop-color="#80C000" offset="0.4"/>
<stop stop-color="#fff" />
</linearGradient>
<ellipse id="outsideCircle" fill="#80C000" cx="50" cy="50" rx="42.8" ry="42.8"/>
<ellipse id="middleCircle" fill="url(#perc)" cx="50" cy="50" rx="41.2" ry="41.2"/>
<ellipse id="insideCircle" stroke="#80C000" fill="#EFFADC" stroke-width="1.6" cx="50" cy="50" rx="32" ry="32"/>
<text text-anchor="middle" font-family="Verdana" font-size="320%" font-weight="bold" dominant-baseline="central" x="50" y="48" fill="#80C000">A</text>
</svg>
Which renders as (enlarged for clarity):
However, using the exact same code in Leaflet always renders the full green circle, and I'm not sure why. So I'm looking for another way to accomplish this, maybe using Arcs? It would be great if I could generate the icons based on the same percentage variable, but I'm also open to just using 11 static icons (0, 0.1, 0.2, ..., 0.9, 1) and selecting one to use based on the percentage, rounding it.
I've found this question with some promising results, but I've been unable to adapt it to my use case.
An alternative solution would be using a line path that you clip with the circle. Now you can use the stroke-dasharray attribute to set the stroke and the gap length of the path.
I'm using an input type range only to show how the result for different values.
let len = line.getTotalLength();
itr.addEventListener("input",()=>{
let dash = itr.value * len/100;
line.setAttribute("stroke-dasharray",`${dash},${100 - dash}`);
console.clear();console.log(itr.value)
})
<P><input type="range" value="25" id="itr"/></p>
<svg width="100" viewBox="0 0 100 100" version="1.1">
<text text-anchor="middle" font-family="Verdana" font-size="320%" font-weight="bold" dominant-baseline="central" x="50" y="48" fill="#80C000">A</text>
<clipPath id="clip">
<path id="circ" d="M92.8,50A42.8, 42.8 0 1 1 7.2,50A42.8,42.8 0 1 1 92.8,50 M82,50A32,32 0 1 0 18,50 A32,32 0 1 0 82,50" />
</clipPath>
<path id="line" stroke="#80C000" stroke-width="86" d="M50,92.8V7.2" clip-path="url(#clip)" stroke-dasharray="25 75" />
<use href="#circ" fill="none" stroke="#80C000" />
</svg>
Observation: I'm rewriting thecircle as a path with a hole in the middle like so:
<svg width="100" viewBox="0 0 100 100" version="1.1">
<path id="circ" d="M92.8,50A42.8, 42.8 0 1 1 7.2,50A42.8,42.8 0 1 1 92.8,50 M82,50A32,32 0 1 0 18,50 A32,32 0 1 0 82,50" />
</svg>
In order to draw a hole into the circle I'm drawing first the outer circle clockwise and nextnthe inner circle counterclockwise. I will use this shape for the clipPath but also for a <use> element to draw the green stroke of the circle.

stroke-dasharray in polyline SVG

I have a polyline attribute
<polyline points="229.7610294117647,200.44669117647058
293.93566176470586,148.9485294117647 325.6268382352941,95.8658088235294
374.74816176470586,124.38786764705881 389.00919117647055,218.6691176470588
346.22610294117646,305.02757352941177 263.8290441176471,311.3658088235294
232.1378676470588,215.5 " id="myCanvas_bg_obj_kpts0_43390" fill="none"
stroke-dasharray="5, 5" stroke-width="2" fill-opacity="0.5"></polyline>
The problem I am having is the dashed stroke is not showing up.
Could not find any resources on dashed stroke for polyline. What am i missing here or in my resource search. Please help me out on this.
Help much appreciated
Added as advised Robert Longson stroke="red"
The file is opened in the vector editor Inkscape
The image shows that the svg figure appears in the visibility zone, it needs to be shifted to the left and up.
This can be done in two ways:
add viewport, viewBox
and shift the image using the transformation command
transform="translate(-130 -50)"
<svg width="400" height="400" viewBox="0 0 400 400" >
<g transform="translate(-130 -50)">
<polyline points="229.7610294117647,200.44669117647058
293.93566176470586,148.9485294117647 325.6268382352941,95.8658088235294
374.74816176470586,124.38786764705881 389.00919117647055,218.6691176470588
346.22610294117646,305.02757352941177 263.8290441176471,311.3658088235294
232.1378676470588,215.5 " id="myCanvas_bg_obj_kpts0_43390" fill="none"
stroke-dasharray="5, 5" stroke-width="2" fill-opacity="0.5" stroke="red"></polyline>
</g>
</svg>
Instead of the translate transformation command, use the attributes x-min=130, y-min=50
viewBox="130 50 400 400"
<svg width="400" height="400" viewBox="130 50 400 400" >
<polyline points="229.7610294117647,200.44669117647058
293.93566176470586,148.9485294117647 325.6268382352941,95.8658088235294
374.74816176470586,124.38786764705881 389.00919117647055,218.6691176470588
346.22610294117646,305.02757352941177 263.8290441176471,311.3658088235294
232.1378676470588,215.5 " id="myCanvas_bg_obj_kpts0_43390" fill="none"
stroke-dasharray="5, 5" stroke-width="2" fill-opacity="0.5" stroke="red"></polyline>
</svg>

Improve SVG so pin is centered inside circle, without multiple viewboxes

I have a pin that needs to be shown inside a circle in Svg.
My current code is the following:
<svg viewBox="0 0 20 20" preserveAspectRatio="xMinYMin meet">
<circle cx="50%" cy="1.5" r="1.5" style="fill: green;"></circle>
<svg x="47.5%" y="5%" viewBox="0 0 10000 10000" fill="#fff" preserveAspectRatio="none">
<g>
<path d="M250,124.3c-35,0-63.4,28.8-63.4,64.1c0,35.3,28.5,64,63.4,64s63.4-28.8,63.4-64.1C313.4,153,285,124.3,250,124.3z
M250,222c-18.3,0-33.2-15.1-33.2-33.7s14.9-33.7,33.2-33.7s33.2,15.1,33.2,33.7S268.3,222,250,222z">
</path>
<path d="M250,50.9c-74.9,0-135.8,61.6-135.8,137.4c0,31.3,22.5,84.4,66.9,157.7c32.9,54.4,66.2,100.3,66.6,100.7l2.4,3.3l2.4-3.3
c0.3-0.5,33.7-46.3,66.6-100.7c44.4-73.3,66.9-126.4,66.9-157.7C385.8,112.5,324.9,50.9,250,50.9z M250,397.6
c-16.5-24.3-45.5-68.4-69.9-114c-23.5-44-35.9-77-35.9-95.4c0-59,47.4-107,105.8-107s105.8,48,105.8,107
c0,18.4-12.4,51.4-35.9,95.4C295.4,329.3,266.5,373.4,250,397.6z">
</path>
</g>
</svg>
</svg>
which works somewhat but seems inelegant, and perhaps also buggy. What I would like is a better way to center the group 'inside' the circle without using JavaScript
It would be nice if I could get rid of the extra SVG element in the middle with its really big viewBox that I'm using to place the pin. So if you can show me how to do it with just a g and make a scaling function that would be good.
If you want to use coordinates that contain percentage values, you need an element that has x and y attributes. <use> is such an element, <g> is not.
Your live will be easier if you draw your pin centered on the origin of the coordinate system: translate(-250 -230).
After that, you can easily scale it to the size you need: scale(0.0025) (remember: multiple transform commands are processed right-to-left.)
Finally, you use the pin template with the same x and y coordinates as your circle.
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
viewBox="0 0 20 20" preserveAspectRatio="xMinYMin meet">
<defs>
<!--center the pin around the origin and scale it to final size-->
<g id="pin" transform="scale(0.0025) translate(-250 -230)">
<path d="M250,124.3c-35,0-63.4,28.8-63.4,64.1c0,35.3,28.5,64,63.4,64s63.4-28.8,63.4-64.1C313.4,153,285,124.3,250,124.3z
M250,222c-18.3,0-33.2-15.1-33.2-33.7s14.9-33.7,33.2-33.7s33.2,15.1,33.2,33.7S268.3,222,250,222z" />
<path d="M250,50.9c-74.9,0-135.8,61.6-135.8,137.4c0,31.3,22.5,84.4,66.9,157.7c32.9,54.4,66.2,100.3,66.6,100.7l2.4,3.3l2.4-3.3
c0.3-0.5,33.7-46.3,66.6-100.7c44.4-73.3,66.9-126.4,66.9-157.7C385.8,112.5,324.9,50.9,250,50.9z M250,397.6
c-16.5-24.3-45.5-68.4-69.9-114c-23.5-44-35.9-77-35.9-95.4c0-59,47.4-107,105.8-107s105.8,48,105.8,107
c0,18.4-12.4,51.4-35.9,95.4C295.4,329.3,266.5,373.4,250,397.6z" />
</g>
</defs>
<!--use the same coordinates for the center of the circle and the pin-->
<circle cx="50%" cy="1.5" r="1.5" fill="green" />
<use xlink:href="#pin" x="50%" y="1.5" fill="white" />
</svg>

svg draw circle with curved text inside

I need to draw red cirle with two curved string inside like that:
upper string always be 3 chars length
lower string can be from 1 to 20 chars length
UPDATE1:
I try to use textpath and circle tags, but I think I need to change some coordinates:
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<circle cx="40" cy="40" r="24" style="stroke:#006600; fill:none"/>
<defs>
<path id="myTextPath"
d="M75,20
a1,1 0 0,0 150,0"
/>
</defs>
<text x="5" y="50" style="stroke: #000000;">
<textPath xlink:href="#myTextPath" >
string
</textPath>
</text>
</svg>
Also I didnt clear understand <path> 'd' atrribute , but I found out that I can change starting point to M10,20 but how I can change text curve orientation?
d="M10,20 a1,1 0 0,0 150,0"
To have text that "hangs" from a line nicely, the best way right now is to use a path with a smaller radius. There is an attribute to adjust the text's baseline, but that doesn't work reliably.
So you need two arcs. One for the bottom half of the circle, and one with a smaller radius for the top half. They also need to both start from the left. That means one will go clockwise, and the other will go anti-clockwise. You control that with the arc command's "sweep" flag.
We need to also use startOffset="50%" and text-anchor="middle" to centre the text on the paths.
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
viewBox="0 0 80 80">
<defs>
<path id="tophalf" d="M26,40 a14,14 0 0,1 28,0" />
<path id="lowerhalf" d="M16,40 a24,24 0 0,0 48,0" />
</defs>
<circle cx="40" cy="40" r="24" style="stroke:#006600; fill:none"/>
<path d="M16,40 a24,24 0 0,0 48,0" style="stroke:#600; fill:none"/>
<text x="5" y="50" style="stroke: #000000;"
text-anchor="middle">
<textPath xlink:href="#tophalf" startOffset="50%">str</textPath>
</text>
<text x="5" y="50" style="stroke: #000000;"
text-anchor="middle">
<textPath xlink:href="#lowerhalf" startOffset="50%">second st</textPath>
</text>
</svg>
This works fine in FF, but unfortunately, it seems there are bugs in Chrome and IE right now that is causing the text to not be centred properly on those browsers.

Fill SVG shape with another SVG shape

Is it possible to use one SVG shape as the fill of another shape?
You want to use an SVG Pattern. See this example:
<svg viewBox="0 0 800 400" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<defs>
<pattern id="TrianglePattern" patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse"
x="0" y="0" width="100" height="100"
viewBox="0 0 10 10" >
<path d="M0,0 L7,0 L3.5,7 z" fill="red" stroke="blue" />
</pattern>
</defs>
<!-- The ellipse is filled using a triangle pattern paint server
and stroked with black -->
<ellipse fill="url(#TrianglePattern)" stroke="black" stroke-width="5"
cx="400" cy="200" rx="350" ry="150" />
</svg>
Note that:
The viewBox of the <pattern> will clip what is drawn. (As seen in the example, the top stroke and top-left corner each triangle is slightly hidden.)
When the viewBox is a different size from the width and height you are effectively scaling the size of the graphic(s) in your pattern. (The example scales the 7-unit-wide triangle in the pattern up by a factor of 10, such that only 7 of them—plus padding—are visible across the width of a 700-unit-wide ellipse.)

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