<desc>

Each container element or graphics element in an SVG drawing can supply a description string using the <desc> element where the description is text-only.

When the current SVG document fragment is rendered as SVG on visual media, <desc> elements are not rendered as part of the graphics. Alternate presentations are possible, both visual and aural, which display the <desc> element but do not display <path> elements or other graphics elements. The <desc> element generally improves accessibility of SVG documents.

Usage context

Categories	Descriptive element
Permitted content	Any elements or character data

Attributes

Global attributes

• Core attributes
• class
• style

Specific attributes

None

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGDescElement interface.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 The definition of '<desc>' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) The definition of '<desc>' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

See also

• <title>