<marker>

<a>
<defs>
<g>
<marker>
<mask>
<missing-glyph>
<pattern>
<svg>
<switch>
<symbol>
SVG Elements
1. A
2. B-C
3. D
  1. <defs>
  2. <desc>
4. E
  1. <ellipse>
5. F
6. G
7. H
  1. <hkern>
8. I
  1. <image>
9. J-L
  1. <line>
  2. <linearGradient>
10. M
11. N-P
12. Q-R
  1. <radialGradient>
  2. <rect>
13. S
  1. <script>
  2. <set>
  3. <stop>
  4. <style>
  5. <svg>
  6. <switch>
  7. <symbol>
14. T
15. U
  1. <use>
16. V-Z
  1. <view>
  2. <vkern>

The <marker> element defines the graphic that is to be used for drawing arrowheads or polymarkers on a given <path>, <line>, <polyline> or <polygon> element.

Markers are attached to shapes using the marker-start, marker-mid, and marker-end properties.

Example

html,body,svg { height:100% }

<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <defs>
    <!-- arrowhead marker definition -->
    <marker id="arrow" viewBox="0 0 10 10" refX="5" refY="5"
        markerWidth="6" markerHeight="6"
        orient="auto-start-reverse">
      <path d="M 0 0 L 10 5 L 0 10 z" />
    </marker>

    <!-- simple dot marker definition -->
    <marker id="dot" viewBox="0 0 10 10" refX="5" refY="5"
        markerWidth="5" markerHeight="5">
      <circle cx="5" cy="5" r="5" fill="red" />
    </marker>
  </defs>

  <!-- Coordinate axes with a arrowhead in both direction -->
  <polyline points="10,10 10,90 90,90" fill="none" stroke="black"
   marker-start="url(#arrow)" marker-end="url(#arrow)" />

  <!-- Data line with polymarkers -->
  <polyline points="15,80 29,50 43,60 57,30 71,40 85,15" fill="none" stroke="grey"
   marker-start="url(#dot)" marker-mid="url(#dot)"  marker-end="url(#dot)" />
</svg>

Attributes

markerHeight: This attribute defines the height of the marker viewport. Value type: <length> ; Default value: 3; Animatable: yes
markerUnits: This attribute defines the coordinate system for the attributes markerWidth, markerHeight and the contents of the <marker>. Value type: userSpaceOnUse|strokeWidth ; Default value: strokeWidth; Animatable: yes
markerWidth: This attribute defines the width of the marker viewport. Value type: <length> ; Default value: 3; Animatable: yes
orient: This attribute defines the orientation of the marker relative to the shape it is attached to. Value type: auto|auto-start-reverse|<angle> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
preserveAspectRatio: This attribute defines how the svg fragment must be deformed if it is embedded in a container with a different aspect ratio. Value type: (none| xMinYMin| xMidYMin| xMaxYMin| xMinYMid| xMidYMid| xMaxYMid| xMinYMax| xMidYMax| xMaxYMax) (meet|slice)? ; Default value: xMidYMid meet; Animatable: yes
refX: This attribute defines the x coordinate for the reference point of the marker. Value type: left|center|right|<coordinate> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
refY: This attribute defines the y coordinate for the reference point of the marker. Value type: top|center|bottom|<coordinate> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
viewBox: This attribute defines the bound of the SVG viewport for the current SVG fragment. Value type: <list-of-numbers> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

Global attributes

Core Attributes: Most notably: id, tabindex
Styling Attributes: class, style
Conditional Processing Attributes: Most notably: requiredExtensions, systemLanguage
Presentation Attributes: Most notably: clip-path, clip-rule, color, color-interpolation, color-rendering, cursor, display, 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, transform, 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	Container element
Permitted content	Any number of the following elements, in any order: Animation elements Descriptive elements Shape elements Structural elements Gradient elements `<a>`, `<altGlyphDef>`, `<clipPath>`, `<color-profile>`, `<cursor>`, `<filter>`, `<font>`, `<font-face>`, `<foreignObject>`, `<image>`, `<marker>`, `<mask>`, `<pattern>`, `<script>`, `<style>`, `<switch>`, `<text>`, `<view>`

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) # MarkerElement

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