<view>

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.

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

The <view> SVG element defines a particular view of an SVG document. A specific view can be displayed by referencing the <view> element's id as the target fragment of a URL.

Usage context

CategoriesNone
Permitted contentAny number of the following elements, in any order:
Descriptive elements

Attributes

preserveAspectRatio

This attribute defines how the SVG fragment must be deformed if it is embedded in a container with a different aspect ratio. Value type: (none | xMinYMin | xMidYMin | xMaxYMin | xMinYMid | xMidYMid | xMaxYMid | xMinYMax | xMidYMax | xMaxYMax) (meet | slice)?; Default value: xMidYMid meet; Animatable: yes

viewBox

This attribute defines the bound of the SVG viewport for the pattern fragment. Value type: <list-of-numbers>; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

zoomAndPan Deprecated Non-standard

This attribute specifies whether the SVG document can be magnified and panned. Value type: disable | magnify; Default value: magnify; Animatable: no

Example

SVG

svg
<svg viewBox="0 0 300 100" width="300" height="100"
      xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">

  <view id="one" viewBox="0 0 100 100" />
  <circle cx="50" cy="50" r="40" fill="red" />

  <view id="two" viewBox="100 0 100 100" />
  <circle cx="150" cy="50" r="40" fill="green" />

  <view id="three" viewBox="200 0 100 100" />
  <circle cx="250" cy="50" r="40" fill="blue" />
</svg>

HTML

html
<img src="example.svg" alt="three circles" width="300" height="100" />
<br />
<img src="example.svg#three" alt="blue circle" width="100" height="100" />

Result

Specifications

This feature is defined in the following specifications:

Browser compatibility