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Odd distance between SVG elements

I created SVG elements using some basic javascript and string concatenation: http://jsfiddle.net/8d3zqLsf/3/

These SVG elements have a very small distance between them (1px max) and are at an acceptable distance from each other.

When I copy the generated SVG and display it as part of the regular DOM and is not generated when the page loads, it has an odd distance between the SVG elements. http://jsfiddle.net/1n73a8yr/

Note. I checked that the SVG only has a width than the shape inside it, so the extra space does not appear from the SVG.

Why are SVG rendered differently when they are entered when the page loads, and when they appear as part of the DOM? Is there a way to solve this problem without resorting to the left css attribute on svgs with a negative pixel value?

HTML:

<div> <svg width="86.60254037844386" height="100"> <polygon xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="0" style="fill:#6C6;" points="86.60254037844388,25.000000000000004 86.60254037844388,75 43.30127018922193,100 -7.105427357601002e-15,75 -7.105427357601002e-15,25.000000000000014 43.301270189221924,0 "></polygon></svg> <svg width="86.60254037844386" height="100"> <polygon xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="0" style="fill:#6C6;" points="86.60254037844388,25.000000000000004 86.60254037844388,75 43.30127018922193,100 -7.105427357601002e-15,75 -7.105427357601002e-15,25.000000000000014 43.301270189221924,0 "></polygon></svg> <svg width="86.60254037844386" height="100"> <polygon xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="0" style="fill:#6C6;" points="86.60254037844388,25.000000000000004 86.60254037844388,75 43.30127018922193,100 -7.105427357601002e-15,75 -7.105427357601002e-15,25.000000000000014 43.301270189221924,0 "></polygon></svg> </div>

CSS

 svg { display:inline-block; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; padding-left:0px; padding-right:0px; }
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Problem:

a series of inline-block elements formatted as usual HTML will have spaces between them.

inline-block is:

The element generates a block of a block element, which will be transferred to the surrounding content, as if it were one inline block (behaving as if it were a very replaced element)

So what to do?

in this case, since it is svg , you can comment on empty spaces in HTML.

 svg { display:inline-block; } 
 <svg width="86.60254037844386" height="100"> <polygon xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="0" style="fill:#6C6;" points="86.60254037844388,25.000000000000004 86.60254037844388,75 43.30127018922193,100 -7.105427357601002e-15,75 -7.105427357601002e-15,25.000000000000014 43.301270189221924,0 "></polygon> </svg><!-- --><svg width="86.60254037844386" height="100"> <polygon xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="0" style="fill:#6C6;" points="86.60254037844388,25.000000000000004 86.60254037844388,75 43.30127018922193,100 -7.105427357601002e-15,75 -7.105427357601002e-15,25.000000000000014 43.301270189221924,0 "></polygon> </svg><!-- --><svg width="86.60254037844386" height="100"> <polygon xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="0" style="fill:#6C6;" points="86.60254037844388,25.000000000000004 86.60254037844388,75 43.30127018922193,100 -7.105427357601002e-15,75 -7.105427357601002e-15,25.000000000000014 43.301270189221924,0 "></polygon> </svg>

More on empty spaces using inline-block

UPDATE (2019)

Currently (and for a while) there is a better approach than every hack for inline-block elements that uses display: flex as a parent.

 div { display: flex } 
 <div> <svg width="86.60254037844386" height="100"> <polygon xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="0" style="fill:#6C6;" points="86.60254037844388,25.000000000000004 86.60254037844388,75 43.30127018922193,100 -7.105427357601002e-15,75 -7.105427357601002e-15,25.000000000000014 43.301270189221924,0 "></polygon> </svg> <svg width="86.60254037844386" height="100"> <polygon xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="0" style="fill:#6C6;" points="86.60254037844388,25.000000000000004 86.60254037844388,75 43.30127018922193,100 -7.105427357601002e-15,75 -7.105427357601002e-15,25.000000000000014 43.301270189221924,0 "></polygon> </svg> <svg width="86.60254037844386" height="100"> <polygon xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="0" style="fill:#6C6;" points="86.60254037844388,25.000000000000004 86.60254037844388,75 43.30127018922193,100 -7.105427357601002e-15,75 -7.105427357601002e-15,25.000000000000014 43.301270189221924,0 "></polygon> </svg> </div>

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These are not your true SVGs, this is an "automatic" interval between inline-block elements.

This is just a way to set elements on a line. You want the spaces between the words you enter to be spaces, right? Spaces between these blocks are similar to spaces between words. Ref

There are many ways to counteract this. 1 approach is shown in @dippas answer using the html comment <!-- --> to absorb space between elements.

I prefer to set the encapsulating font-size elements to 0 .

 svg { display: inline-block; } .container{ font-size: 0; } 
 <div class="container"> <svg width="86.60254037844386" height="100"> <polygon xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="0" style="fill:#6C6;" points="86.60254037844388,25.000000000000004 86.60254037844388,75 43.30127018922193,100 -7.105427357601002e-15,75 -7.105427357601002e-15,25.000000000000014 43.301270189221924,0 "></polygon> </svg> <svg width="86.60254037844386" height="100"> <polygon xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="0" style="fill:#6C6;" points="86.60254037844388,25.000000000000004 86.60254037844388,75 43.30127018922193,100 -7.105427357601002e-15,75 -7.105427357601002e-15,25.000000000000014 43.301270189221924,0 "></polygon> </svg> <svg width="86.60254037844386" height="100"> <polygon xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="0" style="fill:#6C6;" points="86.60254037844388,25.000000000000004 86.60254037844388,75 43.30127018922193,100 -7.105427357601002e-15,75 -7.105427357601002e-15,25.000000000000014 43.301270189221924,0 "></polygon> </svg> </div>

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