width

The width attribute defines the horizontal length of an element in the user coordinate system.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

Example

<svg viewBox="0 0 100 300" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <!-- With a width of 0 or less, nothing will be rendered -->
  <rect x="0" y="0" width="0" height="90"/>
  <rect x="0" y="100" width="60" height="90"/>
  <rect x="0" y="200" width="100%" height="90"/>
</svg>

feBlend

For <feBlend>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

feColorMatrix

For <feColorMatrix>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

feComponentTransfer

For <feComponentTransfer>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

feComposite

For <feComposite>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

feConvolveMatrix

For <feConvolveMatrix>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

feDiffuseLighting

For <feDiffuseLighting>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

feDisplacementMap

For <feDisplacementMap>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

feDropShadow

For <feDropShadow>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

feFlood

For <feFlood>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

feGaussianBlur

For <feGaussianBlur>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

feImage

For <feImage>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

feMerge

For <feMerge>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

feMorphology

For <feMorphology>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

feOffset

For <feOffset>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

feSpecularLighting

For <feSpecularLighting>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

feTile

For <feTile>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

feTurbulence

For <feTurbulence>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the primitive.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 100%
Animatable Yes

filter

For <filter>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the filter.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 120%
Animatable Yes

foreignObject

For <foreignObject>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area for the referenced document.

Value auto | <length> | <percentage>
Default value auto (treated as 0)
Animatable Yes

Note: Starting with SVG2, width is a Geometry Property meaning this attribute can also be used as a CSS property for <foreignObject>.

image

For <image>, width defines the horizontal length for the image.

Value auto | <length> | <percentage>
Default value auto (treated as the intrinsic width of the image)
Animatable Yes

Note: Starting with SVG2, width is a Geometry Property meaning this attribute can also be used as a CSS property for images.

mask

For <mask>, width defines the horizontal length of its area of effect. The exact effect of this attribute is influenced by the maskUnits attribute.

Value <length> | <percentage>
Default value 120%
Animatable Yes

pattern

For <pattern>, width defines the horizontal length of the tile pattern. The exact effect of this attribute is influenced by the patternUnits and patternTransform attributes.

Value <length>
Default value 0
Animatable Yes

rect

For <rect>, width defines the horizontal length for the rectangle.

Value auto | <length> | <percentage>
Default value auto (treated as 0)
Animatable Yes

Note: Starting with SVG2, width is a Geometry Property meaning this attribute can also be used as a CSS property for rectangles.

svg

For <svg>, width defines the horizontal length for the rendering area of the SVG viewport.

Note: In an HTML document if both the viewBox and width attributes are omitted, the svg element will be rendered with a width of 300px

Value auto | <length> | <percentage>
Default value auto (treated as 100%)
Animatable Yes

Note: Starting with SVG2, width is a Geometry Property meaning this attribute can also be used as a CSS property for <svg>.

use

For <use>, width defines the horizontal length for the referenced element.

Value auto | <length> | <percentage>
Default value auto (treated as 0)
Animatable Yes

Note: widthhas no effect on use elements, unless the element referenced has a viewbox - i.e. they only have an effect when use refers to a svg or symbol element.

Note: Starting with SVG2, width is a Geometry Property meaning this attribute can also be used as a CSS property for used elements.

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Filter Effects Module Level 1
The definition of 'width' in that specification.		 Working Draft Definition for <filter>
Filter Effects Module Level 1
The definition of 'width' in that specification.		 Working Draft Definition for filter primitives
CSS Masking Module Level 1
The definition of 'width' in that specification.		 Candidate Recommendation Definition for <mask>
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
The definition of 'width' in that specification.		 Candidate Recommendation Definition as a geometry property
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
The definition of 'width' in that specification.		 Candidate Recommendation Definition for <pattern>
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)
The definition of 'width' in that specification.		 Recommendation Initial definition for <foreignObject>
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)
The definition of 'width' in that specification.		 Recommendation Initial definition for <pattern>
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)
The definition of 'width' in that specification.		 Recommendation Initial definition for <image>
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)
The definition of 'width' in that specification.		 Recommendation Initial definition for <svg>
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)
The definition of 'width' in that specification.		 Recommendation Initial definition for <use>
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)
The definition of 'width' in that specification.		 Recommendation Initial definition for <filter>
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)
The definition of 'width' in that specification.		 Recommendation Initial definition for filter primitives
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)
The definition of 'width' in that specification.		 Recommendation Initial definition for <mask>
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)
The definition of 'width' in that specification.		 Recommendation Initial definition for <rect>