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HTML SVG Basics Introduction to SVG Create an SVG Image

Posted by Hamish kundai Chipunza
Hamish kundai Chipunza
4,218 Points

Add the file star.svg to the page using the <img> element. The file is located inside the img folder.

how to add an svg file using img tags

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Scalable Vector Graphics</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>

    <h1>SVG Example</h1>

    <div class="wrapper">

      <!-- Add your code below this line -->
      <img src="img/star.svg>

    </div>

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Jan Oberreiter
Jan Oberreiter
77,992 Points
Jan Oberreiter
Jan Oberreiter
77,992 Points

Your code has to look like this:

<img src="img/star.svg" alt="star">

you haven't used the alt attribute ...

Christina Pagano
Christina Pagano
12,647 Points
Christina Pagano
Christina Pagano
12,647 Points

The reason your image isn't showing up is because you're missing the closing quote after the source URL. It is also best practice to include an alt attribute. :)