<foreignObject>

The <foreignObject> SVG element allows for inclusion of a different XML namespace. In the context of a browser it is most likely XHTML/HTML.

<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <style>
    polygon { fill: black }
 
    div {
      color: white;
      font:18px serif;
      height: 100%;
      overflow: auto;
    }
  </style>
 
  <polygon points="5,5 195,10 185,185 10,195" />

  <!-- Common use case: embed HTML text into SVG -->
  <foreignObject x="20" y="20" width="160" height="160">
    <!--
      In the context of SVG embeded into HTML, the XHTML namespace could
      be avoided, but it is mandatory in the context of an SVG document
    -->
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
      Sed mollis mollis mi ut ultricies. Nullam magna ipsum,
      porta vel dui convallis, rutrum imperdiet eros. Aliquam
      erat volutpat.
    </div>
  </foreignObject>
</svg>

Attributes

height

This attribute determines the height of the rect.
Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes

width

This attribute determines the width of the rect.
Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes

x

This attribute determines the x coordinate of the svg container. It has no effect on outermost svg elements.
Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes

y

This attribute determines the y coordinate of the svg container. It has no effect on outermost svg elements.
Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes

Global attributes

Core Attributes

Most notably: id, tabindex

Styling Attributes

class, style

Conditional Processing Attributes

Most notably: requiredExtensions, systemLanguage

Event Attributes

Global event attributes, Graphical event attributes, Document event attributes, Document element event attributes

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

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub