Linking to external sprite causes the script to thrash the DOM in IE11

[jonathantneal]

Linking to external sprite causes the script to thrash the DOM in IE11

[ramsey]

I'm having the same problem with SVGs that internally contain <use> elements. In my case, IE11 finally gives a message saying that a script has become unresponsive, and I have to click the button to stop the script.

[itmustbe]

I too am having this problem with SVGs that contain <use> elements. In IE 10 and IE 11 I get an error about an unresponsive script and the browser freezes up. It only happens when I include svg4everybody v2.0.0 ... if I switch back to v1.0.0 then everything works fine in IE10 and IE11, but there's no IE Edge support (so it seems) with v1.0.0 (I did not test v2.0.0 with Edge as I had such problems in IE10 and IE11).

[iainvdw]

I can confirm this as well with svg's that internally use <use> elements. Removing the <use> element fixed this issue for me as this was unnecessary markup for the svg itself. This will probably not be the fix for all related issues, as some svg's would depend on the <use> element for proper display.

[thomasmattheussen]

I'm also experiencing this issue. Unfortunately, I can't remove the use elements in my case...

[gthomas3]

I was having this exact issue and finally solved it. IE 11 would freeze, then display a 'script has become unresponsive' message.

I was rendering 6 svg's, of which 1 would never display after I stopped the script. I removed this svg from the page and everything ran smoothly.

After comparing that svg to the others, it included a clippath. I removed the clippath and it resolved the issue.

<clipPath id="SVGID_2_">
    <use xlink:href="#SVGID_1_"  overflow="visible"/>
</clipPath>

Not sure if this is the ultimate solution, but worked for me.

I'm using the legacy version, and instantiating it with no options: svg4everybody()

[asuh]

I suffered the same issue but with IE10, IE11 and Edge.

Someone has already sent a pull request to fix this issue and it works for me!
#86

[code-mattclaffey]

#86 worked for me to.

[jonathantneal]

Glad #86 worked for everyone back in November. Closing this now.