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Asked: 2026-06-12T12:08:21+00:00

I am trying to create some login buttons based on the RaphaelJs icons, but

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I am trying to create some login buttons based on the RaphaelJs icons, but on the example page there is only the Twitter paths that are available!

So I am looking to understand how to extract the SVG paths from Inkscape and update the example on http://jsfiddle.net/aqoon/LN23r/5/ for Google using http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Google_free_icon.svg file

var facebookBtn = "",
    googleBtn = "M47.446122,148.46699L47.463496,149.0968L47.430196,149.09969C47.363594,148.8854247.278172,148.7259147.173az931,148.62119C47.069686,148.5164646.943725,148.464146.796048,148.4641C46.681186,148.464146.582493,148.4875146.499968,148.53432C46.417441,148.5811346.340465,148.6571446.269039,148.76235C46.124256,148.9775946.051865,149.2237246.051865,149.50074C46.051865,149.6329846.069239,149.7577346.103987,149.875C46.138734,149.9922846.189408,150.095846.256009,150.18556C46.385347,150.359346.54316,150.4461746.729448,150.44617C46.802803,150.4461746.871816,150.4307346.936487,150.39984C47.001155,150.3689547.054242,150.3264847.095748,150.27243C47.152694,150.1971547.181168,150.1078647.18117,150.00458C47.181168,149.9090347.155349,149.8400247.103711,149.79755C47.05207,149.7550846.96689,149.7338446.84817,149.73384L46.84817,149.70054L47.771883,149.70054L47.771883,149.73384C47.686942,149.7415647.62734,149.7533947.593076,149.76931C47.558809,149.7852447.533472,149.8125147.517065,149.85111C47.498724,149.8935947.489555,149.9780447.489557,150.10448C47.489555,150.1392347.491485,150.1932847.495348,150.26664L47.498244,150.29994C47.461564,150.2864347.434538,150.2796747.417165,150.27967C47.395929,150.2796747.368903,150.2907747.336087,150.31297C47.252112,150.3708847.154625,150.4152847.043626,150.44617C46.932625,150.4770646.815351,150.492546.691804,150.4925C46.521925,150.492546.368697,150.4635546.23212,150.40563C46.095541,150.3477245.984782,150.2647145.899844,150.15661C45.836139,150.0755345.787154,149.9790145.752889,149.86704C45.718624,149.7550845.701491,149.6363545.701491,149.51088C45.701491,149.338145.732378,149.1773945.794152,149.02875C45.855926,148.8801145.942795,148.7575346.054761,148.661C46.146456,148.5828246.252147,148.5224946.371835,148.48002C46.491521,148.4375646.617964,148.4163246.751165,148.41632C46.828382,148.4163246.900049,148.4235646.966168,148.43804C47.032284,148.4525247.102503,148.4761647.176826,148.50898L47.262248,148.54807C47.283481,148.5567647.302785,148.561147.320161,148.5611C47.358768,148.561147.388207,148.5297347.408479,148.46699L47.446122,148.46699z",
    twitterBtn = "M14.605,13.11c0.913-2.851,2.029-4.698,3.313-6.038c0.959-1,1.453-1.316,0.891-0.216c0.25-0.199,0.606-0.464,0.885-0.605c1.555-0.733,1.442-0.119,0.373,0.54c2.923-1.045,2.82,0.286-0.271,0.949c2.527,0.047,5.214,1.656,5.987,5.077c0.105,0.474-0.021,0.428,0.464,0.514c1.047,0.186,2.03,0.174,2.991-0.13c-0.104,0.708-1.039,1.167-2.497,1.471c-0.541,0.112-0.651,0.083-0.005,0.229c0.799,0.179,1.69,0.226,2.634,0.182c-0.734,0.846-1.905,1.278-3.354,1.296c-0.904,3.309-2.976,5.678-5.596,7.164c-6.152,3.492-15.108,2.984-19.599-3.359c2.947,2.312,7.312,2.821,10.555-0.401c-2.125,0-2.674-1.591-0.99-2.449c-1.595-0.017-2.608-0.521-3.203-1.434c-0.226-0.347-0.229-0.374,0.14-0.64c0.405-0.293,0.958-0.423,1.528-0.467c-1.651-0.473-2.66-1.335-3.009-2.491c-0.116-0.382-0.134-0.363,0.256-0.462c0.38-0.097,0.87-0.148,1.309-0.17C6.11,10.88,5.336,9.917,5.139,8.852c-0.186-1.006,0.005-0.748,0.758-0.46C9.263,9.68,12.619,11.062,14.605,13.11L14.605,13.11z",
    yahooBtn = "";

$('.twitterBtn').each(function(i) {
    paper = Raphael($(this)[0], 40, 40)
    paper.path(twitterBtn).attr({
        "fill": "#333"
    })
})
$('.googleBtn').each(function(i) {
    paper = Raphael($(this)[0], 40, 40)
    paper.path(googleBtn).attr({
        "fill": "#333"
    })
})​

I tried to strip the SVG file so that I just have one layer and only the ‘G’ but on the http://jsfiddle.net/aqoon/LN23r/5/ is not being displayed, what am i missing?

Also how do i add extra layers to the var googleBtn, as when I open the http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Google_free_icon.svg in Inkscape there are many layers and paths?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Raphael does not support ( SVG files in Raphael, can they be used?… ) loading whole SVG images and using those as paths, so the only reasonable option here is to extract separate paths and store them in some sort of datastructure, like in the example with the tiger ( http://raphaeljs.com/tiger.html ) — check the source code there.

    The SVG files can also have rather strange internal coordinate system, so it pays to adjust the view box after loading one, like this

        var path = paper.path(googleBtn).attr({
        "fill": "#333"
    });
    var bbox = path.getBBox();
    paper.setViewBox(bbox.x, bbox.y, bbox.width, bbox.height);

    To group different elements, one can use Raphael.Set http://jsfiddle.net/LN23r/40/

        var shadow = paper.path(googleBtn).attr({"fill": "#0F0", "stroke":"none"}).translate(0.08,0.08);
    var path = paper.path(googleBtn).attr({"fill": "#333", "stroke":"none"});
    var set = paper.set(shadow, path);
    var bbox = set.getBBox();
    paper.setViewBox(bbox.x, bbox.y, bbox.width, bbox.height);

    When grouping elements, note that they have transformation matrices associated with them in the SVG file (e.g. transform=”matrix(204.67566,0,0,204.67566,-9225.9642,-30242.949)”), which affects the respective position and scale of the elements.

    On the whole, the process of porting paths from SVG is not entirely trivial, but manageable. There is also a plugin that may help you with this, see https://github.com/wout/raphael-svg-import

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