<script>

The SVG script element allows to add scripts to an SVG document.

Note: While SVG's script element is equivalent to the HTML <script> element, it has some discrepancies, like it uses the href attribute instead of src and it doesn't support ECMAScript modules so far (See browser compatibility below for details)

Example

<svg viewBox="0 0 10 10" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <script>
  // <![CDATA[
  window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
    function getColor () {
      const R = Math.round(Math.random() * 255).toString(16).padStart(2,'0')
      const G = Math.round(Math.random() * 255).toString(16).padStart(2,'0')
      const B = Math.round(Math.random() * 255).toString(16).padStart(2,'0')
      return `#${R}${G}${B}`
    }

    document.querySelector('circle').addEventListener('click', (e) => {
      e.target.style.fill = getColor()
    })
  })
  // ]]>
  </script>

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

Attributes

crossorigin

This attribute defines CORS settings as define for the HTML <script> element. Value type: <string>; Default value: ?; Animatable: yes

href

The URL to the script to load. Value type: <URL> ; Default value: none; Animatable: no

type

This attribute defines type of the script language to use. Value type: <string>; Default value: application/ecmascript; Animatable: no

xlink:href

The URL to the script to load. Value type: <URL> ; Default value: none; Animatable: no

Global attributes

Core Attributes

Most notably: id

Styling Attributes
class, style
Event Attributes

Global event attributes, Document element event attributes

Usage notes

CategoriesNone
Permitted contentAny elements or character data

Specifications

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

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

See also