path
The path
attribute has two different meanings, either it defines a text path along which the characters of a text are rendered, or a motion path along which a referenced element is animated.
You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:
Example
html
<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<path
id="MyPath"
fill="none"
stroke="silver"
d="M10,90 Q90,90 90,45 Q90,10 50,10 Q10,10 10,40 Q10,70 45,70 Q70,70 75,50" />
<text>
<textPath
path="M10,90 Q90,90 90,45 Q90,10 50,10 Q10,10 10,40 Q10,70 45,70 Q70,70 75,50">
Quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
</textPath>
</text>
</svg>
animateMotion
For <animateMotion>
, path
defines the motion path, expressed in the same format and interpreted the same way as the d
geometric property for the <path>
element. The effect of a motion path animation is a translation along the x- and y-axes of the current user coordinate system by the x and y values computed over time.
Value | <path-data> |
---|---|
Default value | None |
Animatable | No |
<path-data>
-
This value defines the motion path along which the referenced element is animated. For detailed information about the commands that can be used, see the explanation for the
d
attribute.
textPath
For <textPath>
, path
defines the path onto which the glyphs of a <text>
element will be rendered. An empty string indicates that there is no path data for the element. This means that the text within the <textPath>
element does not render or contribute to the bounding box of the <text>
element. If the attribute is not specified, the path specified in href
is used instead.
Value | <path-data> |
---|---|
Default value | Path specified in href |
Animatable | Yes |
<path-data>
-
This value defines the text path along which the glyphs of the
<text>
element are aligned. For detailed information about the commands that can be used, see the explanation for thed
attribute.
Specifications
Specification |
---|
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # TextPathElementPathAttribute |
SVG Animations Level 2 # AnimateMotionElementPathAttribute |