Edit colours in embedded SVG images

To be able to set the fill and stroke (line) colours of an embedded SVG via a CSS selector, add the editableCssRules key along with a regular expression without flags in the shape style.

Note: This only works for embedded SVG images, not for those that are included via a link. Insert an SVG image into your diagram via File > Import or by dragging the SVG file onto the drawing canvas.

Set the fill and line colours of an SVG to be editable

1. Select the SVG in your diagram, then click Edit Style in the format panel (press Ctrl+E on Windows or Cmd+E on macOS, or select it from the right-click context menu).
   
2. Add the editableCssRules and the regular expression that selects which elements you want to be able to style as a key=value pair in the style description. For example:
   • To allow all styles to be edited, editableCssRules=.*;.
     
   • To limit this in the example below to just st1 and st2, enter editableCssRules=\.st[02];.

Now, you can style the fill and line colours in the format panel.

For example, in the following SVG, the CSS rules in the <style> section define three CSS classes which are used to style the paths in the SVG.

<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 250 250">
<style type="text/css">
.st0{fill:#a2a2a2;}
.st1{fill:#8e8e8e;}
.st2{fill:#ffffff;stroke:#ffffff;}
</style>
<path class="st0" d="M237.5,227.9c0,5.3-4.3,9.6-9.5,9.6c0,0,0,0,0,0H22.1c-5.3,0-9.6-4.3-9.6-9.5c0,0,0,0,0,0V22.1
c0-5.3,4.3-9.6,9.5-9.6c0,0,0,0,0,0h205.9c5.3,0,9.6,4.3,9.6,9.5c0,0,0,0,0,0V227.9z"/>
<path class="st1" d="M237.5,227.9c0,5.3-4.3,9.6-9.5,9.6c0,0,0,0,0,0H89.6L44.8,192l27.9-45.5l82.7-102.7l82.1,84.5V227.9z"/>
<path class="st2" d="M197.1,138.3h-23.7l-25-42.7c5.7-1.2,9.8-6.2,9.7-12V51.5c0-6.8-5.4-12.3-12.2-12.3c0,0-0.1,0-0.1,0h-41.7
c-6.8,0-12.3,5.4-12.3,12.2c0,0,0,0.1,0,0.1v32.1c0,5.8,4,10.8,9.7,12l-25,42.7H52.9c-6.8,0-12.3,5.4-12.3,12.2c0,0,0,0.1,0,0.1
v32.1c0,6.8,5.4,12.3,12.2,12.3c0,0,0.1,0,0.1,0h41.7c6.8,0,12.3-5.4,12.3-12.2c0,0,0-0.1,0-0.1v-32.1c0-6.8-5.4-12.3-12.2-12.3
c0,0-0.1,0-0.1,0h-4l24.8-42.4h19.3l24.9,42.4h-4.1c-6.8,0-12.3,5.4-12.3,12.2c0,0,0,0.1,0,0.1v32.1c0,6.8,5.4,12.3,12.2,12.3
c0,0,0.1,0,0.1,0h41.7c6.8,0,12.3-5.4,12.3-12.2c0,0,0-0.1,0-0.1v-32.1c0-6.8-5.4-12.3-12.2-12.3
C197.2,138.3,197.2,138.3,197.1,138.3z"/>
</svg>

See this as an example in draw.io online

Note: Semicolons are not allowed in the style values, as a semicolon is used to separate the key=value pairs in the shape style.

Disable dark mode colours

To disbale support for separate dark mode colours, add color-scheme: light; in the style attribute of the SVG element or use darkMode=0 in the cell style. (Note that dark mode for SVG images is not yet supported in Safari, it will use the light colours in both light and dark mode.)

This feature is available in draw.io 8.7.0 and later.