<g>
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Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The <g> SVG element is a container used to group other SVG elements.
Transformations applied to the <g> element are performed on its child elements, and its attributes are inherited by its children. It can also group multiple elements to be referenced later with the <use> element.
Usage context
| Categories | Container element, Structural element |
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| Permitted content | Any number of the following elements, in any order: Animation elements Descriptive elements Shape elements Structural elements Gradient elements <a>, <clipPath>, <filter>, <foreignObject>, <image>, <marker>, <mask>, <pattern>, <script>, <style>, <switch>, <text>, <view> |
Attributes
This element only includes global attributes.
DOM Interface
This element implements the SVGGElement interface.
Example
html
<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<!-- Using g to inherit presentation attributes -->
<g fill="white" stroke="green" stroke-width="5">
<circle cx="40" cy="40" r="25" />
<circle cx="60" cy="60" r="25" />
</g>
</svg>
Specifications
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| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # GElement |
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