From 5eed863169134c84a45931d159e5ca69ae405dce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "david.bendavid" <david.bendavid@clarivate.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 12:50:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] NewImageDir: assets public path handling

---
 .../services/assets-public-path.directive.ts  | 44 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/app/services/assets-public-path.directive.ts

diff --git a/src/app/services/assets-public-path.directive.ts b/src/app/services/assets-public-path.directive.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c833e615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/services/assets-public-path.directive.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { Directive, ElementRef, Input, OnChanges, Renderer2 } from '@angular/core';
+
+declare const __webpack_public_path__: string;
+
+@Directive({
+  selector: 'img[src],source[src],link[href],script[src],a[href]',
+  standalone: true,
+})
+export class AssetsPublicPathDirective implements OnChanges {
+  @Input() src?: string;
+  @Input() href?: string;
+
+  constructor(private el: ElementRef, private r: Renderer2) {}
+
+  ngOnChanges(): void {
+    // Handle [src] / src and [href] / href
+    const tag = (this.el.nativeElement.tagName || '').toLowerCase();
+    const attr = tag === 'link' || tag === 'a' ? 'href' : 'src';
+    const val = attr === 'href' ? (this.href ?? this.el.nativeElement.getAttribute('href')) : (this.src ?? this.el.nativeElement.getAttribute('src'));
+
+    if (!val) return;
+
+    const rewritten = this.rewriteIfAssets(val);
+    if (rewritten !== val) {
+      this.r.setAttribute(this.el.nativeElement, attr, rewritten);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private rewriteIfAssets(url: string): string {
+    // Don’t touch absolute URLs, data:, blob:, etc.
+    if (/^(https?:)?\/\//i.test(url) || /^data:|^blob:/i.test(url)) return url;
+
+    // Normalize
+    const clean = url.startsWith('/') ? url.slice(1) : url;
+
+    if (clean.startsWith('assets/')) {
+      const base = (typeof __webpack_public_path__ === 'string' ? __webpack_public_path__ : '') || '';
+      const baseFixed = base && !base.endsWith('/') ? base + '/' : base;
+      return baseFixed + clean;
+    }
+
+    return url;
+  }
+}

From c713f83e74feea0bf792192b00ceebbed6e3c47d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "david.bendavid" <david.bendavid@clarivate.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:47:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Auto-prefix assets/* URLs via webpack public path

---
 README.md | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66fcd992..c5a0389d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -177,6 +177,68 @@ Or as Observable:
 ```angular2html
 isLoggedIn$ = this.store.select(selectIsLoggedIn);
 ```
+### Automatic assets public path (`assets/...`)
+
+If your custom module/add-on is hosted under a dynamic base URL, plain template URLs like:
+
+```html
+<img src="assets/images/logo.png" />
+```
+may break, because the browser resolves them relative to the host page.
+
+To fix this, we provide:
+
+src/app/services/assets-public-path.directive.ts
+
+This directive automatically rewrites any src / href that starts with assets/ (or /assets/) to:
+
+```js
+__webpack_public_path__ + 'assets/...'
+```
+Import the directive in a component (Standalone)
+Add the directive to the component imports:
+
+```js
+import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { AssetsPublicPathDirective } from '../services/assets-public-path.directive';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'custom-example',
+  standalone: true,
+  templateUrl: './example.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./example.component.scss'],
+  imports: [CommonModule, AssetsPublicPathDirective],
+})
+export class ExampleComponent {}
+```
+If the component is not standalone (NgModule-based), import and export the directive from a shared module, and include that module where your components are declared.
+
+Use it in HTML
+After the directive is imported, you can use plain assets/... paths in templates:
+
+
+```html
+<!-- Images -->
+<img src="assets/images/logo.png" alt="Logo">
+
+<!-- Icons / SVG -->
+<img src="assets/homepage/clock.svg" alt="Clock">
+
+<!-- Links to files -->
+<a href="assets/files/help.pdf">Help</a>
+```
+Supported attributes/elements (common cases):
+
+img[src]
+
+source[src]
+
+script[src]
+
+link[href]
+
+a[href]
 
 ### Accessing app router