Q&A
| Q1: | Do I need to include a viewBox attribute on every svg element? |
| A1: | No. The viewBox is a special attribute used when you specifically need to distort the viewport of your content. In most cases, you will never need to deal with a viewBox attribute. Keep in mind, however, that most SVG WYSIWYG editors (such as Adobe Illustrator) will export a viewBox setting that does nothing to your viewport. Unless you need to edit those settings to distort your viewport, you can just delete this attribute and its values. |
| Q2: | When using percentages, do both width and height need to be percentage-based? |
| A2: | No. Just as you can specify varying units for the width and height attributes (such as <rect width="50px" height="3in"/>), you can specify only one dimension ... |
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