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CSS

Posted by Shon Levi
Shon Levi
6,036 Points

How to change img src="image.svg" (not inline svg) fill?

I want to make button with icon that I create in svg I have file of the icon.svg

My problem is that when I inline svg - it going out of my button (button is responsive and svg icon is something 500x500)

So I make img src="icon.svg" and it now getting to the 100% auto - responsive

BUT

I need to change the fill color of the svg when hovering the button - how can I change external file???

regular css not work for it - maybe something in js?

3 Answers

Shon Levi
Shon Levi
6,036 Points
Shon Levi
Shon Levi
6,036 Points

my HTML

<img class="svg" src="icon.svg" alt="" />

my CSS

img.svg { fill: #b9c9d4; }

not working

Cindy Lea
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points

I was thinking more in the lines of this: (you will need to customize)

#button1:hover {
  width: 200px; // in your case you would add code to change fill color
}
Cindy Lea
PLUS
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points
Cindy Lea
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points

Have you tried a hover property to add it?

Cindy Lea
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Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points
Cindy Lea
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points

Heres another example that also lets you try it out:

http://kyleschaeffer.com/development/pure-css-image-hover/