<marker>

The following example shows how to draw an arrowhead on a line and on a curved path. For the curved path, an arrowhead is drawn at each point with a marker-mid marker.

html,
body,
svg {
  height: 100%;
}

<svg viewBox="0 0 300 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <defs>
    <!-- A marker to be used as an arrowhead -->
    <marker
      id="arrow"
      viewBox="0 0 10 10"
      refX="5"
      refY="5"
      markerWidth="6"
      markerHeight="6"
      orient="auto-start-reverse">
      <path d="M 0 0 L 10 5 L 0 10 z" />
    </marker>
  </defs>

  <!-- A line with a marker -->
  <line
    x1="10"
    y1="10"
    x2="90"
    y2="90"
    stroke="black"
    marker-end="url(#arrow)" />

  <!-- A curved path with markers -->
  <path
    d="M 110 10
       C 120 20, 130 20, 140 10
       C 150 0, 160 0, 170 10
       C 180 20, 190 20, 200 10"
    stroke="black"
    fill="none"
    marker-start="url(#arrow)"
    marker-mid="url(#arrow)"
    marker-end="url(#arrow)" />
</svg>

The following example shows how to use the context-fill and context-stroke values to make a marker use the same fill and stroke as the shape it is attached to.

<svg viewBox="0 0 50 50" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <marker
    id="circle"
    markerWidth="6"
    markerHeight="6"
    refX="3"
    refY="3"
    markerUnits="strokeWidth">
    <circle cx="3" cy="3" r="2" stroke="context-stroke" fill="context-fill" />
  </marker>

  <style>
    path {
      marker: url(#circle);
    }
  </style>

  <path d="M 10,10 30,10 h 10" stroke="black" />
  <path d="M 10,20 30,20 h 10" stroke="blue" fill="red" />
  <path d="M 10,30 30,30 h 10" stroke="red" fill="none" />
  <path d="M 10,40 30,40 h 10" stroke="gray" fill="blue" stroke-width="1.5" />
</svg>

html,
body,
svg {
  height: 100%;
}

markerHeight

This attribute defines the height of the marker viewport. Value type: <length> ; Default value: 3; Animatable: yes

markerUnits

This attribute defines the coordinate system for the attributes markerWidth, markerHeight and the contents of the <marker>. Value type: userSpaceOnUse|strokeWidth ; Default value: strokeWidth; Animatable: yes

markerWidth

This attribute defines the width of the marker viewport. Value type: <length> ; Default value: 3; Animatable: yes

orient

This attribute defines the orientation of the marker relative to the shape it is attached to. Value type: auto|auto-start-reverse|<angle> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes

preserveAspectRatio

This attribute defines how the svg fragment must be deformed if it is embedded in a container with a different aspect ratio. Value type: (none| xMinYMin| xMidYMin| xMaxYMin| xMinYMid| xMidYMid| xMaxYMid| xMinYMax| xMidYMax| xMaxYMax) (meet|slice)? ; Default value: xMidYMid meet; Animatable: yes

refX

This attribute defines the x coordinate for the reference point of the marker. Value type: left|center|right|<coordinate> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes

refY

This attribute defines the y coordinate for the reference point of the marker. Value type: top|center|bottom|<coordinate> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes

viewBox

This attribute defines the bound of the SVG viewport for the current SVG fragment. Value type: <list-of-numbers> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

Core Attributes

Most notably: id, tabindex

Styling Attributes

class, style

Conditional Processing Attributes

Most notably: requiredExtensions, systemLanguage

Presentation Attributes

Most notably: clip-path, clip-rule, color, color-interpolation, color-rendering, cursor, display, fill, fill-opacity, fill-rule, filter, mask, opacity, pointer-events, shape-rendering, stroke, stroke-dasharray, stroke-dashoffset, stroke-linecap, stroke-linejoin, stroke-miterlimit, stroke-opacity, stroke-width, transform, vector-effect, visibility

ARIA Attributes

aria-activedescendant, aria-atomic, aria-autocomplete, aria-busy, aria-checked, aria-colcount, aria-colindex, aria-colspan, aria-controls, aria-current, aria-describedby, aria-details, aria-disabled, aria-dropeffect, aria-errormessage, aria-expanded, aria-flowto, aria-grabbed, aria-haspopup, aria-hidden, aria-invalid, aria-keyshortcuts, aria-label, aria-labelledby, aria-level, aria-live, aria-modal, aria-multiline, aria-multiselectable, aria-orientation, aria-owns, aria-placeholder, aria-posinset, aria-pressed, aria-readonly, aria-relevant, aria-required, aria-roledescription, aria-rowcount, aria-rowindex, aria-rowspan, aria-selected, aria-setsize, aria-sort, aria-valuemax, aria-valuemin, aria-valuenow, aria-valuetext, role

• Related marker properties: marker-start, marker-mid, and marker-end