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<style>

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The <style> SVG element allows style sheets to be embedded directly within SVG content.

Note: SVG's style element has the same attributes as the corresponding element in HTML (see HTML's <style> element).

Usage context

Categories None
Permitted content Any elements or character data

Attributes

type

This attribute defines type of the style sheet language to use as a media type string. Value type: <media-type>; Default value: text/css; Animatable: no

media

This attribute defines to which media the style applies. Value type: <media-query-list>; Default value: all; Animatable: no

title

This attribute is the title of the style sheet which can be used to switch between alternate style sheets. Value type: <string>; Default value: none; Animatable: no

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGStyleElement interface.

Example

<svg viewBox="0 0 10 10" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <style>
    circle {
      fill: gold;
      stroke: maroon;
      stroke-width: 2px;
    }
  </style>

  <circle cx="5" cy="5" r="4" />
</svg>

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
style 1 12 1.5 9 3 18 4 10.1 2 1.0 3 2
media 1 79 1.5 15 3 18 4 14 2 1.0 4.4 2
title 1 79 1.5 15 3 18 4 14 2 1.0 4.4 2
type 1 79 1.5 15 3 18 4 14 2 1.0 4.4 2

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Reference/Element/style