<a>

The <a> SVG element defines a hyperlink.

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
• class
• style
• externalResourcesRequired
• transform

Specific attributes

• href
• target
• xlink:show
• xlink:actuate
• xlink:href

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 xlink: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