xml:lang
The xml:lang
attribute specifies the primary language used in contents and attributes containing text content of particular elements.
It is a universal attribute allowed in all XML dialects to mark up the natural human language that an element contains.
There is also a lang
attribute (without namespace). If both of them are defined, the one with namespace is used and the one without is ignored.
You can use this attribute with any SVG element.
Example
<svg viewBox="0 0 200 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<text xml:lang="en-US">This is some English text</text>
</svg>
Usage notes
Value | <language-tag> |
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Default value | None |
Animatable | No |
<language-tag>
-
This value specifies the language used for the element. The syntax of this value is defined in RFC 5646: Tags for Identifying Languages (also known as BCP 47).
The most common syntax is a value formed by a lowercase two-character part for the language and an uppercase two-character part for the region or country, separated by a minus sign, e.g.
en-US
for US English orde-AT
for Austrian German.
Specifications
Specification |
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Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) # LangSpaceAttrs |
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