markerUnits

The markerUnits attribute defines the coordinate system for the markerWidth and markerHeight attributes and the contents of the <marker>.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

Usage notes

Value userSpaceOnUse | strokeWidth
Default value strokeWidth
Animatable Yes
userSpaceOnUse

This value specifies that the markerWidth and markerHeight attributes and the contents of the <marker> element represent values in the current user coordinate system in place for the graphic object referencing the marker (i.e., the user coordinate system for the element referencing the <marker> element via a marker, marker-start, marker-mid, or marker-end property).

strokeWidth

This value specifies that the markerWidth and markerHeight attributes and the contents of the <marker> element represent values in a coordinate system which has a single unit equal the size in user units of the current stroke width (see the stroke-width attribute) in place for the graphic object referencing the marker.

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
The definition of 'markerUnits' in that specification.
Candidate Recommendation No significant change
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)
The definition of 'markerUnits' in that specification.
Recommendation Initial definition

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