<line>

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

The <line> SVG element is an SVG basic shape used to create a line connecting two points.

Example

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

html

<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <line x1="0" y1="80" x2="100" y2="20" stroke="black" />

  <!-- If you do not specify the stroke
       color the line will not be visible -->
</svg>

Attributes

x1: Defines the x-axis coordinate of the line starting point. Value type: <length>|<percentage>|<number> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
x2: Defines the x-axis coordinate of the line ending point. Value type: <length>|<percentage>|<number> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
y1: Defines the y-axis coordinate of the line starting point. Value type: <length>|<percentage>|<number> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
y2: Defines the y-axis coordinate of the line ending point. Value type: <length>|<percentage>|<number> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
pathLength: Defines the total path length in user units. Value type: <number> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

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

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # LineElement

Browser compatibility

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