<title> — the SVG accessible name element
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 <title> SVG element provides an accessible, short-text description of any SVG container element or graphics element.
Text in a <title> element is not rendered as part of the graphic, but browsers usually display it as a tooltip. If an element can be described by visible text, it is recommended to reference that text with an aria-labelledby attribute rather than using the <title> element.
Note:
For backward compatibility with SVG 1.1, <title> elements should be the first child element of their parent.
Example
html
<svg viewBox="0 0 20 10" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<circle cx="5" cy="5" r="4">
<title>I'm a circle</title>
</circle>
<rect x="11" y="1" width="8" height="8">
<title>I'm a square</title>
</rect>
</svg>
Attributes
This element only includes global attributes
Usage context
| Categories | Descriptive element |
|---|---|
| Permitted content | Any elements or character data |
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # TitleElement |
Browser compatibility
| desktop | mobile | |||||||||||
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title | ||||||||||||
Tooltip display | ||||||||||||