d3 append an image with svg extension

Question

I'm trying to add an svg image with '.svg' extension to my chart (another svg image created with d3).

This is the code:

d3.select("#chart1 svg")
  .append("svg:image")
  .attr("xlink:href", "img/icons/sun.svg")
  .attr("width", 40)
  .attr("height", 40)
  .attr("x", 228)
  .attr("y",53);

As you can see I'm setting "xlink:href" attribute, but d3 changes this to href in the browser:

<image href="img/icons/sun.svg" width="40" height="40" x="228" y="53"></image>

In fact, this code works perfectly if I use png extension. Any idea?

Answer 1

The code should work as is - here you can see an example of attaching an .svg file to d3:

http://jsfiddle.net/am8ZB/

Don't forget that it's possible the picture is actually there but you just can't see it- you should inspect the page using the browser developer tools to see whether the picture has been placed out of the view area (due to your x/y values, for example).

more info on #chart1 would help in this case.