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<svg>

The svg element can be used to embed an SVG fragment inside the current document (for example, an HTML document). This SVG fragment has its own viewport and coordinate system.

Usage context

Categories	Container element, Structural element
Permitted content	Any number of the following elements, in any order: Animation elements Descriptive elements Shape elements Structural elements Gradient elements `<a>`, `<altGlyphDef>`, `<clipPath>`, `<color-profile>`, `<cursor>`, `<filter>`, `<font>`, `<font-face>`, `<foreignObject>`, `<image>`, `<marker>`, `<mask>`, `<pattern>`, `<script>`, `<style>`, `<switch>`, `<text>`, `<view>`

Example

Consider the following SVG image (representing the national flag of Italy):

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" 
     width="150" height="100" viewBox="0 0 3 2">

  <rect width="1" height="2" x="0" fill="#008d46" />
  <rect width="1" height="2" x="1" fill="#ffffff" />
  <rect width="1" height="2" x="2" fill="#d2232c" />
</svg>

It could be included in an HTML5 document as follows:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  <title>HTML/SVG Example</title>
</head>

<body>

  <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
       width="150" height="100" viewBox="0 0 3 2">
    <rect width="1" height="2" x="0" fill="#008d46" />
    <rect width="1" height="2" x="1" fill="#ffffff" />
    <rect width="1" height="2" x="2" fill="#d2232c" />
  </svg>

</body>
</html>

Attributes

Global attributes

Specific attributes

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGSVGElement interface.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 The definition of '<svg>' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) The definition of '<svg>' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

Feature	Chrome	Edge	Firefox (Gecko)	IE	Opera	Safari
Basic support	1.0	(Yes)	1.5 (1.8)	9.0	8.0	3.0.4

Feature	Android	Edge	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Phone	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	3.0	(Yes)	1.0 (1.8)	No support	(Yes)	3.0.4

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