<a>
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.
The <a> SVG element creates a hyperlink to other web pages, files, locations in the same page, email addresses, or any other URL. It is very similar to HTML's <a>
element.
SVG's <a>
element is a container, which means you can create a link around text (like in HTML) but also around any shape.
Example
<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<!-- A link around a shape -->
<a href="/docs/Web/SVG/Element/circle">
<circle cx="50" cy="40" r="35" />
</a>
<!-- A link around a text -->
<a href="/docs/Web/SVG/Element/text">
<text x="50" y="90" text-anchor="middle"><circle></text>
</a>
</svg>
/* As SVG does not provide a default visual style for links,
it's considered best practice to add some */
@namespace svg url(http://www.w3.org/2000/svg);
/* Necessary to select only SVG <a> elements, and not also HTML's.
See warning below */
svg|a:link,
svg|a:visited {
cursor: pointer;
}
svg|a text,
text svg|a {
fill: blue; /* Even for text, SVG uses fill over color */
text-decoration: underline;
}
svg|a:hover,
svg|a:active {
outline: dotted 1px blue;
}
Warning:
Since this element shares its tag name with HTML's <a>
element, selecting a
with CSS or querySelector
may apply to the wrong kind of element. Try the @namespace
rule to distinguish the two.
Attributes
download
-
Instructs browsers to download a URL instead of navigating to it, so the user will be prompted to save it as a local file. Value type: <string> ; Default value: none; Animatable: no
href
-
The URL or URL fragment the hyperlink points to. Value type: <URL> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes
hreflang
-
The human language of the URL or URL fragment that the hyperlink points to. Value type: <string> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes
ping
Experimental-
A space-separated list of URLs to which, when the hyperlink is followed,
POST
requests with the bodyPING
will be sent by the browser (in the background). Typically used for tracking. For a more widely-supported feature addressing the same use cases, seeNavigator.sendBeacon()
. Value type: <list-of-URLs> ; Default value: none; Animatable: no referrerpolicy
-
Which referrer to send when fetching the URL. Value type:
no-referrer
|no-referrer-when-downgrade
|same-origin
|origin
|strict-origin
|origin-when-cross-origin
|strict-origin-when-cross-origin
|unsafe-url
; Default value: none; Animatable: no rel
-
The relationship of the target object to the link object. Value type: <list-of-Link-Types> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes
target
-
Where to display the linked URL. Value type:
_self
|_parent
|_top
|_blank
|<name> ; Default value:_self
; Animatable: yes type
-
A MIME type for the linked URL. Value type: <string> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes
xlink:href
Deprecated-
The URL or URL fragment that the hyperlink points to. May be required for backwards compatibility for older browsers. Value type: <URL> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes
Usage context
Categories | Container element |
---|---|
Permitted content | Any number of the following elements, in any order: Animation elements Descriptive elements Shape elements Structural elements Gradient elements <a> , <clipPath> , <cursor> , <filter> , <font> , <font-face> , <foreignObject> , <image> , <marker> , <mask> , <pattern> , <script> , <style> , <switch> , <text> , <view> |
Specifications
Specification |
---|
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # Links |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
xlink:title
attribute- HTML
<a>
element