The <g> SVG element is a container used to group other SVG elements.
Transformations applied to the <g> element are performed on its child elements, and its attributes are inherited by its children. It can also group multiple elements to be referenced later with the <use> element.
html,body,svg { height:100% }
<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<!-- Using g to inherit presentation attributes -->
<g fill="white" stroke="green" stroke-width="5">
<circle cx="40" cy="40" r="25" />
<circle cx="60" cy="60" r="25" />
</g>
</svg>
Attributes
This element only includes global attributes
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
- 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, Structural 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 | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 The definition of '<g>' in that specification. |
Candidate Recommendation | |
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) The definition of '<g>' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
g | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1.5 | IE Full support 9 | Opera Full support 8 | Safari Full support 3.1 | WebView Android Full support 3 | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support 3.1 | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
