Use of deprecated xlink prefixed attributes (e.g. xlinkHref instead of href)

[nimser]

With SVG 2, the xlink: namespace is not necessary and attributes using it are deprecated.

I expect Svg.Attributes should reflect this change by, for example, exposing href instead of xlinkHref.

Ditto for xlinkActuate, xlinkHref, xlinkRole, xlinkShow, xlinkTitle, xlinkType.

More details on MDN

[process-bot]

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[ivanbanov]

I got a help with the elm-community that can help to walk around this problem. just take a look at the example https://ellie-app.com/dYMDfz5V4a1/1

[evancz]

I see the href case, but can someone show that xlink:arcrole is definitively now called arcrole?

The broader claim here is that xlink is not used at all, and I want to verify that before making the change. So far the data I have is:

• w3 says what's removed and deprecated!
• mdn says xlink:href deprecated
• w3 says xlink:href deprecated
• w3 does not clarify on deprecation
• peacememories on slack says that Safari only supports xlink:href at this time. They are using both xlink:href and href to be prepared in case browsers start dropping xlink rather than just deprecating it.

So it does not seem like this change has actually fully happened yet.

[peacememories]

Weighing in here too: I just tried removing a custom element in favor of pure Elm, and using dual href | xlink:href does not work in Elm at the moment, because href is a read-only property in Svg.use and assigning it crashes at runtime.

Regarding browsers:

• Safari only supports xlink:href
• Firefox supports both
• Chrome supports both

I haven't tested other browsers yet

Thanks to Ilias I found a workaround for the crash using VirtualDom.attribute, so I am going to try and replace my custom element code.