rendering-animate-svg

Animate SVG Wrapper Instead of SVG Element

Many browsers don't have hardware acceleration for CSS3 animations on SVG elements. Wrap SVG in a <div> and animate the wrapper instead. Important for 8-bit components with pixel art icons and animations.

Incorrect (animating SVG directly - no hardware acceleration):

function PixelSpinner() {
  return (
    <svg
      className="animate-spin"
      viewBox="0 0 16 16"
    >
      <rect x="2" y="2" width="4" height="4" fill="currentColor" />
    </svg>
  )
}