Javascript: How to preserve namespace when using XMLSerialier.serializeToString()?

Question

I have an SVG element inside HTML document that I'd like to export as text.

I know HTML doesn't have namespace hence it doesn't honor one, that is probably why I lose namespace prefixes on my SVG element.

Are there ways to preserve it other than writing my own serializer?

Example code:

var s = new XMLSerializer();
var svg = document.getElementById('mySvg');
console.log(s.serializeToString(svg)); //All namespace prefixes are gone!

Edit: apparently this is Chrome's (tested on v17) bug.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 07 '12 at 03:37

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For now I have to manually do a search/replace namespaces after calls to serializeToString.

answered Mar 07 '12 at 03:37

syaz

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