How to display svg icons(.svg files) in UI using React Component?

If you use create-react-app 2.0 you can now do it like this:

import { ReactComponent as YourSvg } from './your-svg.svg';

And then use it just like you would normally use a component:

const App = () => (
 <div>
   <YourSvg />
 </div>
);

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There are two ways I want to show you.

The first one is just a simple import of the required SVG.

import MyImageSvg from '../../path/to.svg';

Just remember to use a loader for e.g. Webpack:

 {
     test: /\.(ttf|eot|svg|woff(2)?)(\?[a-z0-9=&.]+)?$/,
     include: [Path.join(__dirname, "src/assets")],
     loader: "file-loader?name=assets/[name].[ext]"
 }

Another (and more elegant way) is that you can define an SVG icon sprite and use a component to fetch the correct sprite of the SVG. For example:

import React from "react";
import Icons from "../../assets/icons/icons.svg"; // Path to your icons.svg
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';

const Icon = ({ name, color, size }) => (
  <svg className={`icon icon-${name}`} fill={color} width={size} height={size}>
    <use xlinkHref={`${Icons}#icon-${name}`} />
  </svg>
);

Icon.propTypes = {
  name: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
  color: PropTypes.string,
  size: PropTypes.number
};

export default Icon;

The icon sprite (icons.svg) can be defined as:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" style="display: none;">

    <symbol id="icon-account-group" viewBox="0 0 512 512">
      <path d="m256 301l0-41c7-7 19-24 21-60 10-5 16-16 16-30 0-12-4-22-12-28 7-13 18-37 12-60-7-28-48-39-81-39-29 0-65 8-77 30-12-1-20 2-26 9-15 16-8 46-4 62 1 2 2 4 2 5l0 42c0 41 24 63 42 71l0 39c-8 3-17 7-26 10-56 20-104 37-112 64-11 31-11 102-11 105 0 6 5 11 11 11l384 0c6 0 10-5 10-11 0-3 0-74-10-105-11-31-69-48-139-74z m-235 168c1-20 3-66 10-88 5-16 57-35 99-50 12-4 23-8 34-12 4-2 7-6 7-10l0-54c0-4-3-9-8-10-1 0-35-12-35-54l0-42c0-3-1-5-2-11-2-8-9-34-2-41 3-4 11-3 15-2 6 1 11-2 13-8 3-13 29-22 60-22 31 0 57 9 60 22 5 17-6 37-11 48-3 6-5 10-5 14 0 5 5 10 11 10 3 0 5 6 5 11 0 4-2 11-5 11-6 0-11 4-11 10 0 43-16 55-16 55-3 2-5 6-5 9l0 54c0 4 2 8 7 10 51 19 125 41 132 62 8 22 9 68 10 88l-363 0z m480-94c-8-25-49-51-138-84l0-20c7-7 19-25 21-61 4-2 7-5 10-9 4-5 6-13 6-20 0-13-5-23-13-28 7-15 19-41 13-64-4-15-21-31-40-39-19-7-38-6-54 5-5 3-6 10-3 15 3 4 10 6 15 3 12-9 25-6 34-3 15 6 25 18 27 24 4 17-6 40-12 52-3 6-4 10-4 13 0 3 1 6 3 8 2 2 4 3 7 3 4 0 6 6 6 11 0 3-1 6-3 8-1 2-2 2-3 2-6 0-10 5-10 11 0 43-17 55-17 55-3 2-5 5-5 9l0 32c0 4 3 8 7 10 83 31 127 56 133 73 7 22 9 68 10 88l-43 0c-6 0-11 5-11 11 0 6 5 11 11 11l53 0c6 0 11-5 11-11 0-3 0-74-11-105z"/>
    </symbol>

    <symbol id="icon-arrow-down" viewBox="0 0 512 512">
      <path d="m508 109c-4-4-11-3-15 1l-237 269-237-269c-4-4-11-5-15-1-5 4-5 11-1 15l245 278c2 2 5 3 8 3 3 0 6-1 8-3l245-278c4-4 4-11-1-15z"/>
    </symbol>

    <symbol id="icon-arrow-left" viewBox="0 0 512 512">
      <path d="m133 256l269-237c4-4 5-11 1-15-4-5-11-5-15-1l-278 245c-2 2-3 5-3 8 0 3 1 6 3 8l278 245c2 2 4 3 7 3 3 0 6-1 8-4 4-4 3-11-1-15z"/>
    </symbol>

    <symbol id="icon-arrow-right" viewBox="0 0 512 512">
      <path d="m402 248l-278-245c-4-4-11-4-15 1-4 4-3 11 1 15l269 237-269 237c-4 4-5 11-1 15 2 3 5 4 8 4 3 0 5-1 7-3l278-245c2-2 3-5 3-8 0-3-1-6-3-8z"/>
    </symbol>
</svg>

You can define your own icon sprite on http://fontastic.me/ for free.

And the usage: <Icon name="arrow-down" color="#FFFFFF" size={35} />

And possible add some simple styling for using the icons everywhere:

[class^="icon-"], [class*=" icon-"] {
    display: inline-block;
    vertical-align: middle;
}

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You can directly use .svg extension with img tag if the image is remotely hosted.

ReactDOM.render(
  <img src={"http://s.cdpn.io/3/kiwi.svg"}/>,
  document.getElementById('root')
);

Here is the fiddle: http://codepen.io/srinivasdamam-1471688843/pen/ZLNYdy?editors=0110

Note: If you are using any web app bundlers (like Webpack) you need to have related file loader.

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For some reasons above mentioned approaches did not work for me, before I followed the advice to add .default like this:

<div>
  <img src={require('../../mySvgImage.svg').default} alt='mySvgImage' />
</div>

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if you have .svg or an image locally. first you have to install the loader needed for svg and file-loader for images. Then you have to import your icon or image first for example:

import logo from './logos/myLogo.svg' ;
import image from './images/myimage.png';

const temp = (
     <div>
         <img src={logo} />
         <img src={image} />
     </div>
);

ReactDOM.render(temp,document.getElementByID("app"));

Happy Coding :")

resources from react website and worked for me after many searches: https://create-react-app.dev/docs/adding-images-fonts-and-files/

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Here I found a simple solution without ejecting and we don't need to install other dependencies like react-app-rewired. Because If you want to use SVG as a component we need to update the webpack config of create-react-app.

Method 1:

import { ReactComponent as YourSvg } from './your-svg.svg';

const App = () => (
 <div>
   <YourSvg />
 </div>
);

We can do it like this but it's only on create-react-app-2.0 as per the above answer.

Method 2:

We need to update the webpack configuration of create-react-app.

Go to node_modules/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js. Go to the line number 600.

Note:Here you'll see the following info

            // "file" loader makes sure those assets get served by WebpackDevServer.
            // When you `import` an asset, you get its (virtual) filename.
            // In production, they would get copied to the `build` folder.
            // This loader doesn't use a "test" so it will catch all modules
            // that fall through the other loaders.
            {
              loader: require.resolve('file-loader'),
              // Exclude `js` files to keep "css" loader working as it injects
              // its runtime that would otherwise be processed through "file" loader.
              // Also exclude `html` and `json` extensions so they get processed
              // by webpacks internal loaders.
              exclude: [/\.(js|mjs|jsx|ts|tsx)$/, /\.html$/, /\.json$/],
              options: {
                name: 'static/media/[name].[hash:8].[ext]',
              },
            },
            // ** STOP ** Are you adding a new loader?
            // Make sure to add the new loader(s) before the "file" loader.

Add the following line to the above file-loader.

         // #1 Custom loader for handling svg images 
            {
              test: /\.svg$/,
              use: ['@svgr/webpack']
            },

That's it 🎉🎉

How to use SVG inside react component?

import ChevronRight from '../../../assets/icons/feather/chevron-right.svg';

const Links = () => {
  return (
          <ChevronRight height={25} width={25} />    
      );
};

export default Links;

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You can also import .svg, .jpg, .png, .ttf, etc. files like:

  ReactDOM.render(
      <img src={require("./svg/kiwi.svg")}/>,
      document.getElementById('root')
  );

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Hard to believe adding a custom icon is so complicated. I found a similar solution to those posted above, but for me, I could not get the icon to display until I added the viewBox info, which I got directly from opening the SVG in a text editor.

//customIcon.js

import React from "react";
import {ReactComponent as ImportedSVG} from "path/to/myIcon.svg";
import { SvgIcon } from '@material-ui/core';

function CustomIcon() {
 return(
  <SvgIcon component={ImportedSVG} viewBox="0 0 384 512"/>

)
}

export default CustomIcon;

I also ran into an error with namespaces and had to clean up the SVG before it would work, following advice from this post

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If you want to use SVG files as React components to perform customizations and do not use create-react-app, do the following:

Install the Webpack loader called svgr

yarn add --dev @svgr/webpack

Update your webpack.config.js

  ...
  module: {
    rules: [
      ...
      // SVG loader
      {
        test: /\.svg$/,
        use: ['@svgr/webpack'],
      }
    ],
  },
  ...

Import SVG files as React component

import SomeImage from 'path/to/image.svg'

...

<SomeImage width={100} height={50} fill="pink" stroke="#0066ff" />

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Just write require with path inside the src of image. it will work. like:

<img alt="Clock" src={require('../assets/images/search_icon.svg')}/>

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You can turn your SVGs to a viable React Component through this site

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I am interesting to know how I can add the SVG as ReactComponent from a remote host, for example from CDN. I would use it as

http://URL/FILE.svg But this is not suitable for my use case.

I would like to see if I can use it as

import { ReactComponent as SvgIcon } from "http://URL/FILE.svg"

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If you have Material UI library in your React project, you can do the follow:

import React from 'react';
import { SvgIcon } from '@material-ui/core';

export function NewIcon() {
  return (
    <SvgIcon viewBox="0 0 48 48"> // you may change the viewBox, so the image will fit into it
      <path d="M12,4A4,4 0 0,1 16,8A4,4 0 0,1 12,12A4,4 0 0,1 8,8A4,4 0 0,1 12,4M12,14C16.42,14 20,15.79 20,18V20H4V18C4,15.79 7.58,14 12,14Z" />
    </SvgIcon>
  )
}

This will automatically change the SVG color when the Theme is changed (Light/Dark). Plus you can change its color and size as you wish e.g.

import React from 'react';
import { styled, SvgIcon } from '@material-ui/core';

const SvgImage = styled(SvgIcon)(() => ({
  height: '40px',
  width: '40px',
  color: 'red',
}));

export function NewIcon() {
  return (
    <SvgImage viewBox="0 0 48 48">
      <path d="M12,4A4,4 0 0,1 16,8A4,4 0 0,1 12,12A4,4 0 0,1 8,8A4,4 0 0,1 12,4M12,14C16.42,14 20,15.79 20,18V20H4V18C4,15.79 7.58,14 12,14Z" />
    </SvgImage>
  );
}

Documentation: https://mui.com/components/icons/#svgicon

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If your SVG includes sprites, here's a component you can use. We have three or four groups of sprites... obviously you can pull that bit out if you only have one sprite file.

The Sprite component:

import React from 'react'
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';

export default class Sprite extends React.Component {
  static propTypes = {
    label: PropTypes.string,
    group: PropTypes.string,
    sprite: PropTypes.string.isRequired
  }

  filepath(spriteGroup)
  {
    if(spriteGroup == undefined) {  spriteGroup = 'base' }
    return "/asset_path/sprite_" + spriteGroup + ".svg";
  }

  render()
  {
    return(
      <svg aria-hidden="true" title={this.props.label}>
        <use xlinkHref={`${this.filepath(this.props.group)}#${this.props.sprite}`}></use>
      </svg>
    )
  }
}

And elsewhere in React you would:

import Sprite from './Sprite';

render()
{
   ...
   <Sprite label="No Current Value" group='base' sprite='clock' />
}

Example from our 'base' sprite file, sprite_base.svg:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <defs>
    <symbol id="clock" viewBox="0 0 512 512">
      <path fill="currentColor" d="M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm216 248c0 118.7-96.1 216-216 216-118.7 0-216-96.1-216-216 0-118.7 96.1-216 216-216 118.7 0 216 96.1 216 216zm-148.9 88.3l-81.2-59c-3.1-2.3-4.9-5.9-4.9-9.7V116c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h14c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v146.3l70.5 51.3c5.4 3.9 6.5 11.4 2.6 16.8l-8.2 11.3c-3.9 5.3-11.4 6.5-16.8 2.6z" class="">
      </path>
    </symbol>
    <symbol id="arrow-up" viewBox="0 0 16 16">
      <polygon points="1.3,6.7 2.7,8.1 7,3.8 7,16 9,16 9,3.8 13.3,8.1 14.7,6.7 8,0 "> </polygon>
    </symbol>
    <symbol id="arrow-down" viewBox="0 0 16 16">
      <polygon points="14.7,9.3 13.3,7.9 9,12.2 9,0 7,0 7,12.2 2.7,7.9 1.3,9.3 8,16 "> </polygon>
    </symbol>
    <symbol id="download" viewBox="0 0 48 48">
      <line data-cap="butt" fill="none" stroke-width="3" stroke-miterlimit="10" x1="24" y1="3" x2="24" y2="36" stroke-linejoin="miter" stroke-linecap="butt"></line>
      <polyline fill="none" stroke-width="3" stroke-linecap="square" stroke-miterlimit="10" points="11,23 24,36 37,23 " stroke-linejoin="miter"></polyline>
      <line data-color="color-2" fill="none" stroke-width="3" stroke-linecap="square" stroke-miterlimit="10" x1="2" y1="45" x2="46" y2="45" stroke-linejoin="miter"></line>
    </symbol>
  </devs>
</svg>

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