<script>

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 SVG script element allows to add scripts to an SVG document.

Note: While SVG's script element is equivalent to the HTML <script> element, it has some discrepancies, like it uses the href attribute instead of src and it doesn't support ECMAScript modules so far (See browser compatibility below for details)

Example

html
Click the circle to change colors.
<svg
  viewBox="0 0 10 10"
  height="120px"
  width="120px"
  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <circle cx="5" cy="5" r="4" />

  <script>
    // <![CDATA[
    function getColor() {
      const R = Math.round(Math.random() * 255)
        .toString(16)
        .padStart(2, "0");

      const G = Math.round(Math.random() * 255)
        .toString(16)
        .padStart(2, "0");

      const B = Math.round(Math.random() * 255)
        .toString(16)
        .padStart(2, "0");

      return `#${R}${G}${B}`;
    }

    document.querySelector("circle").addEventListener("click", (e) => {
      e.target.style.fill = getColor();
    });
    // ]]>
  </script>
</svg>

Attributes

crossorigin

This attribute defines CORS settings as define for the HTML <script> element. Value type: <string>; Default value: ?; Animatable: yes

href

The URL to the script to load. Value type: <URL> ; Default value: none; Animatable: no

type

This attribute defines type of the script language to use. Value type: <string>; Default value: application/ecmascript; Animatable: no

xlink:href

The URL to the script to load. Value type: <URL> ; Default value: none; Animatable: no

Usage context

CategoriesNone
Permitted contentAny elements or character data

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# ScriptElement

Browser compatibility

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See also