<path>

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 elements Descriptive elements

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

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

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