<marker>

The <marker> element defines the graphics that is to be used for drawing arrowheads or polymarkers on a given <path>, <line>, <polyline> or <polygon> element.

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

• Core attributes »
• Presentation attributes »
• class
• style
• externalResourcesRequired
• viewBox
• preserveAspectRatio
• transform

Specific attributes

• markerUnits
• refX
• refY
• markerWidth
• markerHeight
• orient

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGMarkerElement interface.

Example

SVG

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<svg width="120" height="120" viewBox="0 0 120 120"
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1">

  <defs>
    <marker id="Triangle" viewBox="0 0 10 10" refX="1" refY="5"
        markerWidth="6" markerHeight="6" orient="auto">
      <path d="M 0 0 L 10 5 L 0 10 z" />
    </marker>
  </defs>

  <polyline points="10,90 50,80 90,20" fill="none" stroke="black" 
      stroke-width="2" marker-end="url(#Triangle)" />
</svg>

Result

Specifications

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

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