<path>
The <path>
SVG element is the generic element to define a shape. All the basic shapes can be created with a path element.
Example
html
<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<path
d="M 10,30
A 20,20 0,0,1 50,30
A 20,20 0,0,1 90,30
Q 90,60 50,90
Q 10,60 10,30 z" />
</svg>
Attributes
d
-
This attribute defines the shape of the path. Value type: <string> ; Default value:
''
; Animatable: yes pathLength
-
This attribute lets authors specify the total length for the path, in user units. Value type: <number> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes
Global attributes
- Core Attributes
- Styling Attributes
class
,style
- Conditional Processing Attributes
-
Most notably:
requiredExtensions
,systemLanguage
- Event Attributes
- 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
Usage notes
Categories | Graphics element, Shape element |
---|---|
Permitted content | Any number of the following elements, in any order: Animation elements Descriptive elements |
Specifications
Specification |
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Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # PathElement |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
- SVG basic shapes:
<circle>
,<ellipse>
,<line>
,<polygon>
,<polyline>
,<rect>
- The MDN SVG "Getting Started" tutorial: Path