<rect>

The rect element is an SVG basic shape, used to create rectangles based on the position of a corner and their width and height. It may also be used to create rectangles with rounded corners.

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

Global attributes

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• Core attributes »
• Graphical event attributes »
• Presentation attributes »
• class
• style
• externalResourcesRequired
• transform

Specific attributes

• x
• y
• width
• height
• rx
• ry

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGRectElement interface.

Examples

Simple rect usage

SVG

<svg width="120" height="120" viewBox="0 0 120 120"
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">

  <rect x="10" y="10" width="100" height="100"/>
</svg>

Result

Rect with rounded corners

HTML Content

<svg width="120" height="120" viewBox="0 0 120 120"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">

  <rect x="10" y="10" width="100" height="100" rx="15" ry="15"/>
</svg>

Result

Specifications

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

Browser compatibility

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See also

• <path>