The <a> SVG element defines a hyperlink.
Since this element shares its tag name with HTML's <a> element, selecting "a" with CSS or querySelector may apply to the wrong kind of element. Try the @namespace rule to distinguish between the two.
Usage context
| Categories | Container 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> |
Attributes
Global attributes
- Conditional processing attributes
- Core attributes
- Graphical event attributes
- Presentation attributes
- Xlink attributes
classstyleexternalResourcesRequiredtransform
Specific attributes
No browser supports all XLink attributes.
DOM Interface
This element implements the SVGAElement interface.
Example
SVG
<svg width="140" height="30" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/SVG"
target="_blank">
<rect height="30" width="120" y="0" x="0" rx="15"/>
<text fill="white" text-anchor="middle"
y="21" x="60">SVG on MDN</text>
</a>
</svg>
Result
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 The definition of '<a>' in that specification. |
Candidate Recommendation | Replaced xlink:href attribute by href |
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) The definition of '<a>' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
| Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox (Gecko) | IE | Opera | Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | 1.0 | (Yes) | 1.5 (1.8) | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.0.4 |
| Feature | Android | Edge | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Phone | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | 3.0 | (Yes) | 1.0 (1.8) | No support | (Yes) | 3.0.4 |
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