<rect>

The <rect> element is a basic SVG shape that creates rectangles, defined by their corner's position, their width, and their height. The rectangles may have their corners rounded.

Usage context

Attributes

Global attributes

• Conditional processing attributes
• Core attributes
• Graphical event attributes
• Presentation attributes
• class
• style
• externalResourcesRequired
• transform

Specific attributes

x

Determines the x coordinate of the rect.

y

Determines the y coordinate of the rect.

width

Determines the width of the rect.

height

Determines the height of the rect.

rx

Determines the horizontal corner radius of the rect.

ry

Determines the vertical corner radius of the rect.

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGRectElement interface.

Examples

Simple rect usage

SVG

<svg width="120" height="120" viewBox="0 0 120 120"
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">

  <rect x="10" y="10" width="100" height="100"/>
</svg>

Result

Rect with rounded corners

SVG

<svg width="120" height="120" viewBox="0 0 120 120"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">

  <rect x="10" y="10" width="100" height="100" rx="15" ry="15"/>
</svg>

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

The chart is based on these sources.

See also

• <path>