The clip-path CSS property creates a clipping region that sets what part of an element should be shown. Parts that are inside the region are shown, while those outside are hidden.
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Syntax
/* Keyword values */
clip-path: none;
/* <clip-source> values */
clip-path: url(resources.svg#c1);
/* <geometry-box> values */
clip-path: margin-box;
clip-path: border-box;
clip-path: padding-box;
clip-path: content-box;
clip-path: fill-box;
clip-path: stroke-box;
clip-path: view-box;
/* <basic-shape> values */
clip-path: inset(100px 50px);
clip-path: circle(50px at 0 100px);
clip-path: polygon(50% 0%, 100% 50%, 50% 100%, 0% 50%);
clip-path: path('M0.5,1 C0.5,1,0,0.7,0,0.3 A0.25,0.25,1,1,1,0.5,0.3 A0.25,0.25,1,1,1,1,0.3 C1,0.7,0.5,1,0.5,1 Z');
/* Box and shape values combined */
clip-path: padding-box circle(50px at 0 100px);
/* Global values */
clip-path: inherit;
clip-path: initial;
clip-path: unset;
The clip-path property is specified as one or a combination of the values listed below.
Values
<clip-source>- A
<url>referencing an SVG<clipPath>element. <basic-shape>- A shape whose size and position is defined by the
<geometry-box>value. If no geometry box is specified, theborder-boxwill be used as the reference box. <geometry-box>- If specified in combination with a
<basic-shape>, this value defines the reference box for the basic shape. If specified by itself, it causes the edges of the specified box, including any corner shaping (such as aborder-radius), to be the clipping path. The geometry box can be one of the following values: -
margin-box- Uses the margin box as the reference box.
border-box- Uses the border box as the reference box.
padding-box- Uses the padding box as the reference box.
content-box- Uses the content box as the reference box.
fill-box- Uses the object bounding box as the reference box.
stroke-box- Uses the stroke bounding box as the reference box.
view-box- Uses the nearest SVG viewport as the reference box. If a
viewBoxattribute is specified for the element creating the SVG viewport, the reference box is positioned at the origin of the coordinate system established by theviewBoxattribute and the dimension of the size of the reference box is set to the width and height values of theviewBoxattribute.
none- No clipping path is created.
Note: A computed value other than none results in the creation of a new stacking context the same way that CSS opacity does for values other than 1.
Formal syntax
<clip-source> | [ <basic-shape> || <geometry-box> ] | nonewhere
<clip-source> = <url>
<basic-shape> = <inset()> | <circle()> | <ellipse()> | <polygon()>
<geometry-box> = <shape-box> | fill-box | stroke-box | view-boxwhere
<inset()> = inset( <length-percentage>{1,4} [ round <'border-radius'> ]? )
<circle()> = circle( [ <shape-radius> ]? [ at <position> ]? )
<ellipse()> = ellipse( [ <shape-radius>{2} ]? [ at <position> ]? )
<polygon()> = polygon( <fill-rule>? , [ <length-percentage> <length-percentage> ]# )
<shape-box> = <box> | margin-boxwhere
<length-percentage> = <length> | <percentage>
<shape-radius> = <length-percentage> | closest-side | farthest-side
<position> = [ [ left | center | right ] || [ top | center | bottom ] | [ left | center | right | <length-percentage> ] [ top | center | bottom | <length-percentage> ]? | [ [ left | right ] <length-percentage> ] && [ [ top | bottom ] <length-percentage> ] ]
<fill-rule> = nonzero | evenodd
<box> = border-box | padding-box | content-box
Examples
Comparison of HTML and SVG
<svg class="defs">
<defs>
<clipPath id="myPath" clipPathUnits="objectBoundingBox">
<path d="M0.5,1 C0.5,1,0,0.7,0,0.3 A0.25,0.25,1,1,1,0.5,0.3 A0.25,0.25,1,1,1,1,0.3 C1,0.7,0.5,1,0.5,1 Z" />
</clipPath>
</defs>
</svg>
<div class="grid">
<div class="col">
<div class="note">clip-path: none</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="cell"> <span>HTML</span>
<div class="container">
<p class="none">
I LOVE<br><em>clipping</em>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cell"> <span>SVG</span>
<div class="container viewbox">
<svg viewBox="0 0 192 192">
<g class="none">
<rect x="24" y="24" width="144" height="144" />
<text x="96" y="91">I LOVE</text>
<text x="96" y="109" class="em">clipping</text>
</g>
</svg>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="note">clip-path: url(#myPath)<br><br>
Assuming the following clipPath definition:
<pre>
<svg>
<clipPath id="myPath" clipPathUnits="objectBoundingBox">
<path d="M0.5,1
C 0.5,1,0,0.7,0,0.3
A 0.25,0.25,1,1,1,0.5,0.3
A 0.25,0.25,1,1,1,1,0.3
C 1,0.7,0.5,1,0.5,1 Z" />
</clipPath>
</svg></pre>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="cell"> <span>HTML</span>
<div class="container">
<p class="svg">
I LOVE<br><em>clipping</em>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cell"> <span>SVG</span>
<div class="container viewbox">
<svg viewBox="0 0 192 192">
<g class="svg">
<rect x="24" y="24" width="144" height="144" />
<text x="96" y="91">I LOVE</text>
<text x="96" y="109" class="em">clipping</text>
</g>
</svg>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="note">clip-path: path('M15,45 A30,30,0,0,1,75,45 A30,30,0,0,1,135,45 Q135,90,75,130 Q15,90,15,45 Z')
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="cell"> <span>HTML</span>
<div class="container">
<p class="svg2">
I LOVE<br><em>clipping</em>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cell"> <span>SVG</span>
<div class="container viewbox">
<svg viewBox="0 0 192 192">
<g class="svg2">
<rect x="24" y="24" width="144" height="144" />
<text x="96" y="91">I LOVE</text>
<text x="96" y="109" class="em">clipping</text>
</g>
</svg>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="note">clip-path: circle(25%)</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="cell"> <span>HTML</span>
<div class="container">
<p class="shape1">
I LOVE<br><em>clipping</em>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cell"> <span>SVG</span>
<div class="container viewbox">
<svg viewBox="0 0 192 192">
<g class="shape1">
<rect x="24" y="24" width="144" height="144" />
<text x="96" y="91">I LOVE</text>
<text x="96" y="109" class="em">clipping</text>
</g>
</svg>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="note">clip-path: circle(25% at 25% 25%)</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="cell"> <span>HTML</span>
<div class="container">
<p class="shape2">
I LOVE<br><em>clipping</em>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cell"> <span>SVG</span>
<div class="container viewbox">
<svg viewBox="0 0 192 192">
<g class="shape2">
<rect x="24" y="24" width="144" height="144" />
<text x="96" y="91">I LOVE</text>
<text x="96" y="109" class="em">clipping</text>
</g>
</svg>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="note">clip-path: fill-box circle(25% at 25% 25%)</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="cell"> <span>HTML</span>
<div class="container">
<p class="shape3">
I LOVE<br><em>clipping</em>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cell"> <span>SVG</span>
<div class="container viewbox">
<svg viewBox="0 0 192 192">
<g class="shape3">
<rect x="24" y="24" width="144" height="144" />
<text x="96" y="91">I LOVE</text>
<text x="96" y="109" class="em">clipping</text>
</g>
</svg>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="note">clip-path: stroke-box circle(25% at 25% 25%)</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="cell"> <span>HTML</span>
<div class="container">
<p class="shape4">
I LOVE<br><em>clipping</em>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cell"> <span>SVG</span>
<div class="container viewbox">
<svg viewBox="0 0 192 192">
<g class="shape4">
<rect x="24" y="24" width="144" height="144" />
<text x="96" y="91">I LOVE</text>
<text x="96" y="109" class="em">clipping</text>
</g>
</svg>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="note">clip-path: view-box circle(25% at 25% 25%)</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="cell"> <span>HTML</span>
<div class="container">
<p class="shape5">
I LOVE<br><em>clipping</em>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cell"> <span>SVG</span>
<div class="container viewbox">
<svg viewBox="0 0 192 192">
<g class="shape5">
<rect x="24" y="24" width="144" height="144" />
<text x="96" y="91">I LOVE</text>
<text x="96" y="109" class="em">clipping</text>
</g>
</svg>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="note">clip-path: margin-box circle(25% at 25% 25%)</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="cell"> <span>HTML</span>
<div class="container">
<p class="shape6">
I LOVE<br><em>clipping</em>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cell"> <span>SVG</span>
<div class="container viewbox">
<svg viewBox="0 0 192 192">
<g class="shape6">
<rect x="24" y="24" width="144" height="144" />
<text x="96" y="91">I LOVE</text>
<text x="96" y="109" class="em">clipping</text>
</g>
</svg>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="note">clip-path: border-box circle(25% at 25% 25%)</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="cell"> <span>HTML</span>
<div class="container">
<p class="shape7">
I LOVE<br><em>clipping</em>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cell"> <span>SVG</span>
<div class="container viewbox">
<svg viewBox="0 0 192 192">
<g class="shape7">
<rect x="24" y="24" width="144" height="144" />
<text x="96" y="91">I LOVE</text>
<text x="96" y="109" class="em">clipping</text>
</g>
</svg>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="note">clip-path: padding-box circle(25% at 25% 25%)</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="cell"> <span>HTML</span>
<div class="container">
<p class="shape8">
I LOVE<br><em>clipping</em>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cell"> <span>SVG</span>
<div class="container viewbox">
<svg viewBox="0 0 192 192">
<g class="shape8">
<rect x="24" y="24" width="144" height="144" />
<text x="96" y="91">I LOVE</text>
<text x="96" y="109" class="em">clipping</text>
</g>
</svg>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="note">clip-path: content-box circle(25% at 25% 25%)</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="cell"> <span>HTML</span>
<div class="container">
<p class="shape9">
I LOVE<br><em>clipping</em>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cell"> <span>SVG</span>
<div class="container viewbox">
<svg viewBox="0 0 192 192">
<g class="shape9">
<rect x="24" y="24" width="144" height="144" />
<text x="96" y="91">I LOVE</text>
<text x="96" y="109" class="em">clipping</text>
</g>
</svg>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
html,body {
height: 100%;
box-sizing: border-box;
background: #EEE;
}
.grid {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
display: flex;
font: 1em monospace;
}
.row {
display: flex;
flex: 1 auto;
flex-direction: row;
flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.col {
flex: 1 auto;
}
.cell {
margin: .5em;
padding: .5em;
background-color: #FFF;
overflow: hidden;
text-align: center;
flex: 1;
}
.note {
background: #fff3d4;
padding: 1em;
margin: .5em .5em 0;
font: .8em sans-serif;
text-align: left;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.note + .row .cell {
margin-top: 0;
}
.container {
display: inline-block;
border: 1px dotted grey;
position:relative;
}
.container:before {
content: 'margin';
position: absolute;
top: 2px;
left: 2px;
font: italic .6em sans-serif;
}
.viewbox {
box-shadow: 1rem 1rem 0 #EFEFEF inset, -1rem -1rem 0 #EFEFEF inset;
}
.container.viewbox:after {
content: 'viewbox';
position: absolute;
left: 1.1rem;
top: 1.1rem;
font: italic .6em sans-serif;
}
.cell span {
display: block;
margin-bottom: .5em;
}
p {
font-family: sans-serif;
background: #000;
color: pink;
margin: 2em;
padding: 3em 1em;
border: 1em solid pink;
width: 6em;
}
.none { clip-path: none; }
.svg { clip-path: url(#myPath); }
.svg2 { clip-path: path('M15,45 A30,30,0,0,1,75,45 A30,30,0,0,1,135,45 Q135,90,75,130 Q15,90,15,45 Z');}
.shape1 { clip-path: circle(25%); }
.shape2 { clip-path: circle(25% at 25% 25%); }
.shape3 { clip-path: fill-box circle(25% at 25% 25%); }
.shape4 { clip-path: stroke-box circle(25% at 25% 25%); }
.shape5 { clip-path: view-box circle(25% at 25% 25%); }
.shape6 { clip-path: margin-box circle(25% at 25% 25%); }
.shape7 { clip-path: border-box circle(25% at 25% 25%); }
.shape8 { clip-path: padding-box circle(25% at 25% 25%); }
.shape9 { clip-path: content-box circle(25% at 25% 25%); }
.defs {
width: 0;
height: 0;
margin: 0;
}
pre { margin-bottom: 0; }
svg {
margin: 1em;
font-family: sans-serif;
width: 192px;
height: 192px;
}
svg rect {
stroke: pink;
stroke-width: 16px;
}
svg text {
fill: pink;
text-anchor: middle;
}
svg text.em {
font-style: italic;
}
Complete example
HTML
<img id="clipped" src="https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/12668/MDN.svg"
alt="MDN logo">
<svg height="0" width="0">
<defs>
<clipPath id="cross">
<rect y="110" x="137" width="90" height="90"/>
<rect x="0" y="110" width="90" height="90"/>
<rect x="137" y="0" width="90" height="90"/>
<rect x="0" y="0" width="90" height="90"/>
</clipPath>
</defs>
</svg>
<select id="clipPath">
<option value="none">none</option>
<option value="circle(100px at 110px 100px)">circle</option>
<option value="url(#cross)" selected>cross</option>
<option value="inset(20px round 20px)">inset</option>
<option value="path('M 0 200 L 0,110 A 110,90 0,0,1 240,100 L 200 340 z')">path</option>
</select>
CSS
#clipped {
margin-bottom: 20px;
clip-path: url(#cross);
}
JavaScript
var clipPathSelect = document.getElementById("clipPath");
clipPathSelect.addEventListener("change", function (evt) {
document.getElementById("clipped").style.clipPath = evt.target.value;
});
Result
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| CSS Masking Module Level 1 The definition of 'clip-path' in that specification. |
Candidate Recommendation | Extends its application to HTML elements. The clip-path property replaces the deprecated clip property. |
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) The definition of 'clip-path' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition (applies to SVG elements only). |
| Unknown The definition of 'path' in that specification. |
Unknown | Defines path(). |
| Initial value | none |
|---|---|
| Applies to | all elements; In SVG, it applies to container elements excluding the defs element and all graphics elements |
| Inherited | no |
| Percentages | refer to reference box when specified, otherwise border-box |
| Media | visual |
| Computed value | as specified, but with <url> values made absolute |
| Animation type | yes, as specified for <basic-shape>, otherwise no |
| Canonical order | the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar |
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.
Update compatibility data on GitHub
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
clip-path | Chrome
Full support
55
| Edge
Full support
12
| Firefox Full support 3.5 | IE
Full support
10
| Opera
Full support
42
| Safari
Full support
9.1
| WebView Android
Full support
55
| Chrome Android
Full support
55
| Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android
Full support
42
| Safari iOS
Full support
9.3
| Samsung Internet Android
Full support
6.0
|
| Animations | Chrome Full support 55 | Edge No support No | Firefox Full support 49 | IE No support No | Opera Full support 42 | Safari No support No | WebView Android Full support 55 | Chrome Android Full support 55 | Firefox Android Full support 49 | Opera Android Full support 42 | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support 6.0 |
<basic-shape> | Chrome Full support 23 | Edge No support No | Firefox
Full support
54
| IE No support No | Opera Full support 15 | Safari Full support 6.1 | WebView Android Full support 4.4 | Chrome Android Full support 25 | Firefox Android
Full support
54
| Opera Android Full support 14 | Safari iOS Full support 6.1 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5 |
fill-box and stroke-box | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox
Full support
51
| IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android
Full support
51
| Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
| On HTML elements | Chrome Full support 23 | Edge No support No | Firefox Full support 3.5 | IE No support No | Opera Full support 15 | Safari Full support 6.1 | WebView Android Full support 4.4 | Chrome Android Full support 25 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support 14 | Safari iOS Full support 6.1 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5 |
path() | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox
Full support
71
| IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android
Full support
63
| Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
| On SVG elements | Chrome Full support 23 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 52 | IE Full support 10 | Opera Full support 15 | Safari Full support 6.1 | WebView Android Full support 4.4 | Chrome Android Full support 25 | Firefox Android Full support 52 | Opera Android Full support 14 | Safari iOS Full support 6.1 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.
- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.
See also
- Shapes in clipping and masking – and how to use them
- CSS properties:
mask,filter - Applying SVG effects to HTML content
- SVG attributes:
clip-path,clip-rule