ActionView::Use

An Action View extension for rendering inline SVGs

Installation

Install the gem and add to the application's Gemfile by executing:

$ bundle add action_view-use

Usage

Add all_used_symbols to the end of the <body> in app/views/layouts/application.html.erb:

    <%= all_used_symbols %>
  </body>
</html>

Create SVG symbols to use in your views:

<%# app/views/symbols/logo.svg %>
<svg>
  <!--- logo content -->
</svg>

And then render symbols in your views:

<%= use_symbol "logo" %>

That's it!

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/skipkayhil/action_view-use.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.