The baseline-shift attribute allows repositioning of the dominant-baseline relative to the dominant-baseline of the parent text content element. The shifted object might be a sub- or superscript.
Note: As a presentation attribute baseline-shift can be used as a CSS property.
Note: This property is going to be deprecated and authors are advised to use vertical-align instead.
You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:
| Value | <length-percentage> | sub | super |
|---|---|
| Default value | 0 |
| Animatable | Yes |
subThe dominant-baseline is shifted to the default position for subscripts.
superThe dominant-baseline is shifted to the default position for superscripts.
<length-percentage>A length value raises (positive value) or lowers (negative value) the dominant-baseline of the parent text content element by the specified length.
A percentage value raises (positive value) or lowers (negative value) the dominant-baseline of the parent text content element by the specified percentage of the line-height.
| Specification |
|---|
| CSS Inline Layout Module Level 3 # baseline-shift-property |
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # BaselineShiftProperty |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
baseline-shift |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/baseline-shift