HTML <svg> Tag
Example
Draw a circle:
<svg width="100" height="100">
<circle cx="50" cy="50" r="40"
stroke="green" stroke-width="4" fill="yellow" />
</svg>
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Definition and Usage
The <svg> tag defines a container for SVG graphics.
SVG has several methods for drawing paths, boxes, circles, text, and graphic images.
To learn more about SVG, please read our SVG Tutorial.
Browser Support
| Element | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <svg> | 4.0 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 10.1 |
More Examples
Example
Draw a rectangle:
<svg width="400" height="100">
<rect width="400" height="100"
style="fill:rgb(0,0,255);stroke-width:10;stroke:rgb(0,0,0)" />
</svg>
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Example
Draw a square with rounded corners:
<svg width="400" height="180">
<rect x="50" y="20" rx="20" ry="20"
width="150" height="150"
style="fill:red;stroke:black;stroke-width:5;opacity:0.5" />
</svg>
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Example
Draw a star:
<svg width="300" height="200">
<polygon points="100,10 40,198 190,78
10,78 160,198"
style="fill:lime;stroke:purple;stroke-width:5;fill-rule:evenodd;" />
</svg>
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Example
Draw an SVG logo:
<svg height="130" width="500">
<defs>
<linearGradient id="grad1" x1="0%"
y1="0%" x2="100%" y2="0%">
<stop offset="0%" style="stop-color:rgb(255,255,0);stop-opacity:1"
/>
<stop offset="100%" style="stop-color:rgb(255,0,0);stop-opacity:1"
/>
</linearGradient>
</defs>
<ellipse cx="100" cy="70" rx="85" ry="55"
fill="url(#grad1)" />
<text fill="#ffffff" font-size="45"
font-family="Verdana" x="50" y="86">SVG</text>
</svg>
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Related Pages
HTML tutorial: HTML SVG
SVG tutorial: SVG Tutorial
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