The <title>
element provides an accessible, short-text description of any SVG container element or graphics element.
Text in a <title>
element is not rendered as part of the graphic, but browsers usually display it as a tooltip. If an element can be described by visible text, it is recommended to reference that text with an aria-labelledby
attribute rather than using the <title>
element.
Note: For backward compatibility with SVG 1.1, <title>
elements should be the first child element of their parent.
html,body,svg { height:100% }
<svg viewBox="0 0 20 10" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <circle cx="5" cy="5" r="4"> <title>I'm a circle</title> </circle> <rect x="11" y="1" width="8" height="8"> <title>I'm a square</title> </rect> </svg>
Attributes
This element only includes global attributes
Global attributes
- Core Attributes
- Most notably:
id
- Styling Attributes
class
,style
- Event Attributes
- Global event attributes, Document element event attributes
Usage notes
Categories | Descriptive element |
---|---|
Permitted content | Any elements or character data |
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 The definition of '<title>' in that specification. |
Candidate Recommendation | |
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) The definition of '<title>' 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 | |||||||||||
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title | 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 | 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 | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Tooltip display | Chrome ? | Edge ? | Firefox Full support 4 | IE ? | Opera ? | Safari ? | WebView Android ? | Chrome Android ? | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android ? |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown