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Baseline Widely available *

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.

The <path> SVG element is the generic element to define a shape. All the basic shapes can be created with a path element.

Usage context

Categories Graphics element, Shape element
Permitted content Any number of the following elements, in any order:Animation elementsDescriptive elements

Attributes

d

This attribute defines the shape of the path.Value type: ; Default value: ''; Animatable: yes

pathLength

This attribute lets authors specify the total length for the path, in user units.Value type: ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGPathElement interface.

Example

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

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>

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # PathElement

Browser compatibility

See also