<script>

The SVG script element allows to add scripts to an SVG document.

Note: While SVG's script element is equivalent to the HTML <script> element, it has some discrepancies, like it uses the href attribute instead of src and it doesn't support ECMAScript modules so far (See browser compatibility below for details)

Example

<svg viewBox="0 0 10 10" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <script>
  // <![CDATA[
  window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
    function getColor () {
      const R = Math.round(Math.random() * 255).toString(16).padStart(2,'0')
      const G = Math.round(Math.random() * 255).toString(16).padStart(2,'0')
      const B = Math.round(Math.random() * 255).toString(16).padStart(2,'0')
      return `#${R}${G}${B}`
    }

    document.querySelector('circle').addEventListener('click', (e) => {
      e.target.style.fill = getColor()
    })
  })
  // ]]>
  </script>

  <circle cx="5" cy="5" r="4" />
</svg>

Attributes

crossorigin: This attribute defines CORS settings as define for the HTML <script> element. Value type: <string>; Default value: ?; Animatable: yes
href: The URL to the script to load. Value type: <URL> ; Default value: none; Animatable: no
type: This attribute defines type of the script language to use. Value type: <string>; Default value: application/ecmascript; Animatable: no
xlink:href: The URL to the script to load. Value type: <URL> ; Default value: none; Animatable: no

Global attributes

Core Attributes: Most notably: id
Styling Attributes: class, style
Event Attributes: Global event attributes, Document element event attributes

Usage notes

Categories	None
Permitted content	Any elements or character data

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) (SVG) # ScriptElement

Browser compatibility

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