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<tspan>

The SVG <tspan> element defines a subtext within a <text> element or another <tspan> element. It allows for adjustment of the style and/or position of that subtext as needed.

Example

<svg viewBox="0 0 240 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <style>
    text {
      font: italic 12px serif;
    }
    tspan {
      font: bold 10px sans-serif;
      fill: red;
    }
  </style>

  <text x="10" y="30" class="small">
    You are
    <tspan>not</tspan>
    a banana!
  </text>
</svg>

Attributes

x

The x coordinate of the starting point of the text baseline. Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

y

The y coordinate of the starting point of the text baseline. Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

dx

Shifts the text position horizontally from a previous text element. Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

dy

Shifts the text position vertically from a previous text element. Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

rotate

Rotates orientation of each individual glyph. Can rotate glyphs individually. Value type: <list-of-number> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

lengthAdjust

How the text is stretched or compressed to fit the width defined by the textLength attribute. Value type: spacing|spacingAndGlyphs; Default value: spacing; Animatable: yes

textLength

A width that the text should be scaled to fit. Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

Global attributes

Core Attributes

Most notably: id, tabindex

Styling Attributes
class, style
Conditional Processing Attributes

Most notably: requiredExtensions, systemLanguage

Event Attributes

Global event attributes, Graphical event attributes

Presentation Attributes

Most notably: clip-path, clip-rule, color, color-interpolation, color-rendering, cursor, display, dominant-baseline, fill, fill-opacity, fill-rule, filter, mask, opacity, pointer-events, shape-rendering, stroke, stroke-dasharray, stroke-dashoffset, stroke-linecap, stroke-linejoin, stroke-miterlimit, stroke-opacity, stroke-width, text-anchor, vector-effect, visibility

Aria Attributes

aria-activedescendant, aria-atomic, aria-autocomplete, aria-busy, aria-checked, aria-colcount, aria-colindex, aria-colspan, aria-controls, aria-current, aria-describedby, aria-details, aria-disabled, aria-dropeffect, aria-errormessage, aria-expanded, aria-flowto, aria-grabbed, aria-haspopup, aria-hidden, aria-invalid, aria-keyshortcuts, aria-label, aria-labelledby, aria-level, aria-live, aria-modal, aria-multiline, aria-multiselectable, aria-orientation, aria-owns, aria-placeholder, aria-posinset, aria-pressed, aria-readonly, aria-relevant, aria-required, aria-roledescription, aria-rowcount, aria-rowindex, aria-rowspan, aria-selected, aria-setsize, aria-sort, aria-valuemax, aria-valuemin, aria-valuenow, aria-valuetext, role

Usage notes

Categories Text content element, Text content child element
Permitted content Character data and any number of the following elements, in any order:
Descriptive elements
<a>, <altGlyph>, <animate>, <set>, <tref>, <tspan>

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
tspan 1 12 1.5 9 9 3 3 Yes 4 Yes 3 Yes
dx Yes 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
dy Yes 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
lengthAdjust No No No No No No No No No No No No
rotate Yes ≤79 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
textLength Yes 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
x Yes 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
y Yes 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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