removeEmptyText

Default

Removes empty <text> and <tspan> elements, and <tref> elements that don't reference another node in the document.

info

No browsers supports <tref>, so it's best to avoid that element regardless.

Usage

Basic
Parameters

svgo.config.js
module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    "removeEmptyText"
  ]
}

svgo.config.js
module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    {
      name: "removeEmptyText",
      params: {
        text: true,
        tspan: true,
        tref: true
      }
    }
  ]
}

Parameters

text: If to remove empty <text> elements.
tspan: If to remove empty <tspan> elements.
tref: If to remove empty <tref> elements.

Demo

Live Editor

const svg = `
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox=" 0 0  150 100 " width="150">
  <!-- Created with love! -->
  <defs>
    <ellipse cx="50" cy="50.0" rx="50.00" ry="auto" fill="black" id="circle"/>
  </defs>
  <g>
    <use href="#circle" transform="skewX(16)"/>
    <rect id="useless" width="0" height="0" fill="#ff0000"/>
  </g>
</svg>
`;

const svgoConfig = {
  js2svg: { indent: 2, pretty: true },
  plugins: [
    "removeEmptyText"
  ]
}

render(<SvgoPreview svg={svg} svgoConfig={svgoConfig}/>);

Result