Embedding a template for SVG element instead of just styles

src/js/main.js

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 
     setTimeout(() => {
       parser.parse(element.getAttribute('data-expr'))
-        .invoke('render', svg, document.querySelector('#svg-styles').innerHTML)
+        .invoke('render', svg, document.querySelector('#svg-base').innerHTML)
         .finally(() => {
           element.className = _.without(element.className.split(' '), 'loading').join(' ');
           element.removeChild(element.querySelector('.spinner'));

src/js/parser/javascript.js

@@ -32,23 +32,13 @@ export default class Parser {
     return deferred.promise;
   }
 
-  render(containerElement, styles) {
-    var svg,
-        style = document.createElement('style');
+  render(containerElement, svgBase) {
+    var svg;
 
-    containerElement.innerHTML = '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"></svg>';
+    containerElement.innerHTML += svgBase;
 
     svg = Snap(containerElement.querySelector('svg'));
 
-    style.setAttribute('type', 'text/css');
-    if (style.styleSheet) {
-      style.styleSheet.cssText = styles;
-    } else {
-      style.appendChild(document.createTextNode(styles));
-    }
-
-    svg.select('defs').append(style);
-
     return this.parsed.render(svg.group())
       .then(result => {
         var box = result.getBBox();

src/js/regexper.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default class Regexper {
     this.download = root.querySelector('a[data-glyph="data-transfer-download"]');
     this.percentage = root.querySelector('#progress div');
     this.svgContainer = root.querySelector('#regexp-render');
-    this.svgStyles = this.root.querySelector('#svg-styles').innerHTML;
+    this.svgBase = this.root.querySelector('#svg-base').innerHTML;
 
     this.gaq = (typeof window._gaq === 'undefined') ? [] : window._gaq;
   }
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export default class Regexper {
 
         throw message;
       })
-      .invoke('render', this.svgContainer, this.svgStyles)
+      .invoke('render', this.svgContainer, this.svgBase)
       .then(() => {
         this.state = 'has-results';
         this.updateLinks();