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JS: Trim SVG viewbox
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viewbox-trim.js
/**
* Will trim the whitespace around the SVG's viewbox
*
*/
var svg = document.getElementsByTagName("svg")[0];
var bbox = svg.getBBox();
var viewBox = [bbox.x, bbox.y, bbox.width, bbox.height].join(" ");
svg.setAttribute("viewBox", viewBox);
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zogreptile commented Sep 11, 2020 •
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If i get the idea properly, it's also necessary to set the width and height svg attributes with the calculated bbox.width, bbox.height values.

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@zogreptile you don't have to set the width or height unless you need a default size for them. I personally use CSS for that.

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