Often overlooked SVG 1.1 DOM syntax[1]:

  theimage.href.baseVal = "newimage.png";

For a working example see

  
http://svgopen.org/2008/presentations/70-Tricks_of_Javascript_and_declarative_animation/index.html#slide13

Cheers
/Erik

On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:23:04 +0200, Jeff Schiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> You have to use namespace-aware API methods:
>
>   setAttributeNS("http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink";, "href", signalName);
>
> Regards,
> Jeff
>
> --- In [email protected], "zedkineece" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to set the value of xlink:href, but having issues trying
>> to understand how to set it with the xlink namespace. I am getting the
>> value of an id attribute, appending with a ".png:, then trying to set
>> the value of the xlink:href with the value of the id attribute with
>> the .png appended. It all works, except for accessing and setting the
>> xlink:href value.
>>
>> partial code:
>>
>> <g id="img">
>>     <image id="placeholder" x="3" y="3" width="350" height="200"
>> style="visibility: hidden" xlink:href="images/img.png"/>
>> </g>
>>
>> imgElem = svgdoc.getElementById("placeholder");
>> signalName = svgdoc.getElementById(elId).getAttribute('id') + ".png";
>>
>> ...
>>
>> imgElem.setAttribute("xlink:href",signalName);
>>
>> any help is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> zed
>>
>
>
> 



-- 
Erik Dahlstrom, Core Technology Developer, Opera Software
Co-Chair, W3C SVG Working Group
Personal blog: http://my.opera.com/macdev_ed

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