Fixes references to inline SVG elements when the <base> tag is in use.

svgfixer.js

/**
 * SVG Fixer
 *
 * Fixes references to inline SVG elements when the <base> tag is in use.
 * Firefox won't display SVG icons referenced with
 * `<svg><use xlink:href="#id-of-icon-def"></use></svg>` when the <base> tag is on the page.
 *
 * More info:
 * - http://stackoverflow.com/a/18265336/796152
 * - http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/linking.html
 *
 * One would think that setting the `xml:base` attribute fixes things,
 * but that is being removed from the platform: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=341854
 */

(function(document, window) {
	"use strict";

	/**
	* Initialize the SVG Fixer after the DOM is ready
	*/
	document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() {

		/**
		 * Current URL, without the hash
		 */
		var baseUrl = window.location.href
			.replace(window.location.hash, "");

		/**
		*  Find all `use` elements with a namespaced `href` attribute, e.g.
		*  <use xlink:href="#some-id"></use>
		*
		*  See: http://stackoverflow.com/a/23047888/796152
		*/
		[].slice.call(document.querySelectorAll("use[*|href]"))

			/**
			* Filter out all elements whose namespaced `href` attribute doesn't
			* start with `#` (i.e. all non-relative IRI's)
			*
			* Note: we're assuming the `xlink` prefix for the XLink namespace!
			*/
			.filter(function(element) {
				return (element.getAttribute("xlink:href").indexOf("#") === 0);
			})

			/**
			* Prepend `window.location` to the namespaced `href` attribute value,
			* in order to make it an absolute IRI
			*
			* Note: we're assuming the `xlink` prefix for the XLink namespace!
			*/
			.forEach(function(element) {
				element.setAttribute("xlink:href", baseUrl + element.getAttribute("xlink:href"));
			});

	}, false);

}(document, window));

This is fantastic. Thank you 👍

Hello Everyone, Sorry if I my question is too naive. It seems I am having same issue in Microsoft Edge. How can I use the mentioned code snippet in my application ?. Do I have to include it in polyfills.ts file ?. Can someone help me out please ?. I tried adding it in polyfills.ts and adding this snippet using script tag in index.html file, but still not seeing icons in Edge and FF

Just giving it another shot, is anyone still active here to help me out ?

As a note, the mask attribute is affected too. And this kind of fix is still needed for Safari (iOS / macOS), btw.

For Angular2: https://gist.github.com/Kamshak/c84cdc175209d1a30f711abd6a81d472