<rect>

Baseline Widely available *

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.

The <rect> SVG element is a basic SVG shape that draws rectangles, defined by their position, width, and height. The rectangles may have their corners rounded.

Usage context

Categories	Basic shape element, Graphics element, Shape element
Permitted content	Any number of the following elements, in any order: Animation elements Descriptive elements

Attributes

x: The x coordinate of the rect. Value type: <length> | <percentage>; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
y: The y coordinate of the rect. Value type: <length> | <percentage>; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
width: The width of the rect. Value type: auto | <length> | <percentage>; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes
height: The height of the rect. Value type: auto | <length> | <percentage>; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes
rx: The horizontal corner radius of the rect. Defaults to ry if it is specified. Value type: auto | <length> | <percentage>; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes
ry: The vertical corner radius of the rect. Defaults to rx if it is specified. Value type: auto | <length> | <percentage>; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes
pathLength: The total length of the rectangle's perimeter, in user units. Value type: <number>; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

Note: Starting with SVG2, x, y, width, height, rx and ry are Geometry Properties, meaning those attributes can also be used as CSS properties for that element.

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGRectElement interface.

Example

html,
body,
svg {
  height: 100%;
}

html

<svg viewBox="0 0 220 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <!-- Regular rectangle -->
  <rect width="100" height="100" />

  <!-- Rounded corner rectangle -->
  <rect x="120" width="100" height="100" rx="15" />
</svg>

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # RectElement

Browser compatibility

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