From 7f2409b4941e132dc5c922642e937a3d1c0417c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrea Bogazzi <andreabogazzi79@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 13:00:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixed loading in ie11 (#5307)

---
 src/parser.js           |  1 -
 src/util/dom_request.js | 20 +-------------------
 src/util/misc.js        |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/parser.js b/src/parser.js
index 44426c75a69..774218bb747 100644
--- a/src/parser.js
+++ b/src/parser.js
@@ -464,7 +464,6 @@
    */
   function parseUseDirectives(doc) {
     var nodelist = _getMultipleNodes(doc, ['use', 'svg:use']), i = 0;
-
     while (nodelist.length && i < nodelist.length) {
       var el = nodelist[i],
           xlink = (el.getAttribute('xlink:href') || el.getAttribute('href')).substr(1),
diff --git a/src/util/dom_request.js b/src/util/dom_request.js
index 9a1d499b8c1..13026af6ea7 100644
--- a/src/util/dom_request.js
+++ b/src/util/dom_request.js
@@ -4,24 +4,6 @@
     return url + (/\?/.test(url) ? '&' : '?') + param;
   }
 
-  var makeXHR = (function() {
-    var factories = [
-      function() { return new fabric.window.XMLHttpRequest(); },
-      function() { return new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP'); },
-      function() { return new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP'); },
-      function() { return new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3.0'); }
-    ];
-    for (var i = factories.length; i--; ) {
-      try {
-        var req = factories[i]();
-        if (req) {
-          return factories[i];
-        }
-      }
-      catch (err) { }
-    }
-  })();
-
   function emptyFn() { }
 
   /**
@@ -40,7 +22,7 @@
 
     var method = options.method ? options.method.toUpperCase() : 'GET',
         onComplete = options.onComplete || function() { },
-        xhr = makeXHR(),
+        xhr = new fabric.window.XMLHttpRequest(),
         body = options.body || options.parameters;
 
     /** @ignore */
diff --git a/src/util/misc.js b/src/util/misc.js
index 9d3ef3b9ce8..2f830e876a7 100644
--- a/src/util/misc.js
+++ b/src/util/misc.js
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
      */
     groupSVGElements: function(elements, options, path) {
       var object;
-      if (elements.length === 1) {
+      if (elements && elements.length === 1) {
         return elements[0];
       }
       if (options) {