SvgPathEditor

Edit or create SVG paths in browser: https://yqnn.github.io/svg-path-editor/

How to Use

Basic:

• Paste or edit the raw path in the path field
• Click on + to add a new command to the path, select a type, then click on the destination
• Move points with drag and drop
• Click on a point, then on the ... button to insert a command right after the selected one, to remove it, or to change its type

Commands panel:

• Click on the command type to toggle between relative and absolute coordinates
• Relative command types are orange, absolute are purple
• Click on ... then Delete to delete a command
• Click on ... then Insert after to insert a new command right after the selected one
• Click on ... then Convert to to convert the selected command to a new type
• Click on ... then Start Path From Here to reorder the path so that the selected command becomes first

ViewBox:

• Use mouse wheel, or click Zoom in and Zoom out to zoom in/out
• Use drag & drop to move the viewBox
• Click on Zoom to Fit to automatically set the viewBox depending on current path
• ViewBox can also be set manually with the x, y, width and height fields

Path operations:

• Scale the full path with the Scale button
• Translate the full path with the Translate button
• Rotate the full path with the Rotate button
• Round all coordinates of the current path with the Round button
• Convert all commands to relative or absolute coordinates with Convert to relative or Convert to absolute button
• Reverse the command order with the Reverse button
• Minimise the path length with the Optimize button

Shortcuts:

• Press m, l, v, h, c, s, q, t, a or z to insert a command after the selected one
• Press shift + m, l, v, h, c, s, q, t, a or z to convert selected command to a new type
• Press echap to delete the command being created, or the undo the current dragging operation
• Press delete or backspace to delete the selected command
• Press ctrl + z or cmd + z to undo
• Press ctrl + shift + z or cmd + shift + z to redo
• Press ctrl while dragging to ignore snap to grid constraint

Library

The library that powers the app is now available as a standalone package: svg-path-editor-lib.

Running Locally

With Node.js

Requirements

• Node.js v18.13 or higher.

Dependencies

Run npm install to retrieve all the dependencies of the project.

Development server

Run npm start for a dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:4200/. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.

Build

Run npm run build to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/ directory.

Running unit tests

Run npm test to execute the unit tests via Karma.

Special Thanks

Many thanks to our sponsors 🙇 !

@riovir, @miniBill, @GitHub, @alexandernst, @Filimoa, @agrogers, @MilesTails01, @robetus, @adcar, @getsentry, @simplicitywebdesign 😎, @PassPilot, @zeroin, @jholmes-dev, @sh-csg, @MarcoRudin, @Oddpod, @roboflow, @lasaldan, @stevekerrick, @toth-istvan-zoltan, @PBI-DataVizzle, @gucr, @Guiorgy, @LeaVerou