Question

I am working on svg editor, specifically the Method draw implementantion.

I want on loading the editor to load an image instead of a background rectangle. Currently the javascript file includes this command to create a background rectangle within the editor.

var createBackground = function(fill) {
    svgCanvas.createLayer("background")
        cur_shape = svgCanvas.addSvgElementFromJson({
            "element": "rect",
            "attr": {

                "x": -1,
                "y": -1,
                "width": res.w+2,
                "height": res.h+2,
                "stroke": "none",
                "id": "canvas_background",
                "opacity": 1,
                "fill":  '#ffffff',
                "style": "pointer-events:none"

I want to create an image instead of a rectangle.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

You could change the function like this:

var createBackground = function(fill) {
    svgCanvas.createLayer("background")
        cur_shape = svgCanvas.addSvgElementFromJson({
            "element": "image",
            "attr": {
                "x": -1,
                "y": -1,
                "width": res.w+2,
                "height": res.h+2,
                "xlink:href": "/images/whatever.png" //this path should be changed
                "id": "canvas_background",
                "opacity": 1,
                "style": "pointer-events:none"