SVG.clear() removes <defs/>

[WarWithinMe]

SVG.clear() removes everything inside the svg document. Elements created internally by svg.js should not be removed.

This bug leads to unable to create mask after calling SVG.clear()

[WarWithinMe]

Maybe we should also clear the children of when SVG.clear() is called

[wout]

I see. The problem is that the defs node is deleted but the reference is retained. If the reference is removed as well the defs will be automatically re-created. I will fix this asap.

[wout]

This bug has been fixed and released as v0.11-7. After clearing the canvas defs are now recreated.

[blq]

I think this issue should be reopened. Clear will not recreate the defs node (checked in 0.14 and 0.15). The "this._defs" field needs to be set to null before recreating with defs() in clear() otherwise the previous, but now orphaned, defs will be returned.

[wout]

Thanks for reporting this. It will be fixed in the next release.