# How do I pass SVG through port?

Hi,

I’m trying to use MathJax to convert a String (with valid TeX code) into a data structure I can attach event handlers / change the attributes of. In theory this should be easy, given that MathJax has a function MathJax.tex2svg which does exactly that. The only issue is that the output is in JS. The following code will render nicely formatted maths to the screen

let svg = MathJax.tex2svg(texString, { em: 12, ex: 6, display: false });
document.body.appendChild(svg);
let mathJaxStyleSheet = MathJax.svgStylesheet();


And will even work if, instead of using svg, I use a new div with only the innerHTML of said div set to the innerHTML of svg.

From my understanding, this should mean that sending the innerHTML through a port to Elm then using SvgParser.parse successfully should render properly no? But instead I get

When it should look like a well typeset 2π.

Found the issue- the output SVG text was using the deprecated xlink:href instead of href. Removing that makes it work. Confusing as to why it works at all through JS though.