marker
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 marker
CSS property points to a marker that will be drawn on the first, middle, and last vertices of the element's path; that is, at all of its vertices. The marker must have been defined using an SVG <marker>
element, and can only be referenced with a <url>
value. The value of the CSS property overrides any values of the marker-start
, marker
, and marker-end
attributes in the SVG.
For many marker-supporting shapes, the first and last vertices are in the same place: for example, the top left corner of a <rect>
. In such shapes, if both the first and last markers are defined, two markers will be drawn at that point, though they may not point in the same direction.
For the middle vertices, the direction each marker points is defined as the direction halfway between the direction at the end of the preceding path segment and the direction of the start of the following path segment. This can be thought of as the cross product of the vectors defined by the two path directions.
Note: The marker
property will only have an effect for elements that can use SVG markers. See marker-start
for a list.
Syntax
marker: none;
marker: url(markers.svg#arrow);
/* Global values */
marker: inherit;
marker: initial;
marker: revert;
marker: revert-layer;
marker: unset;
Values
none
-
This means no marker will be drawn at each vertex of the element's path.
<marker-ref>
-
A
<url>
that refers to a marker defined by an SVG<marker>
element, to be drawn at each vertex of the element's path. If the URL reference is invalid, no marker will be drawn at the path's vertices.
Formal definition
Initial value | as each of the properties of the shorthand:
|
---|---|
Applies to | <circle> , <ellipse> , <line> , <path> , <polygon> , <polyline> , and <rect> elements in an svg |
Inherited | yes |
Computed value | as specified |
Animation type | discrete |
Formal syntax
marker =
none |
<marker-ref>
<marker-ref> =
<url>
<url> =
<url()> |
<src()>
<url()> =
url( <string> <url-modifier>* ) |
<url-token>
<src()> =
src( <string> <url-modifier>* )
Example
<svg viewBox="0 0 240 120" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<defs>
<marker
id="triangle"
viewBox="0 0 10 10"
markerWidth="10"
markerHeight="10"
refX="1"
refY="5"
markerUnits="strokeWidth"
orient="auto">
<path d="M 0 0 L 10 5 L 0 10 z" fill="#f00" />
</marker>
</defs>
<polyline
id="test"
fill="none"
stroke="black"
points="20,100 40,60 70,80 100,20 130,10 150,10 170,20 170,100 120,100" />
</svg>
polyline#test {
marker: url(#triangle);
}
Specifications
Specification |
---|
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # MarkerShorthand |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
marker-start
marker-end
- SVG
marker
attribute