clip

The clip attribute is a presentation attribute defining the visible region of an element.

This attribute has the same parameter values as defined for the css clip property. Unitless values, which indicate current user coordinates, are permitted on the coordinate values on the rect(). The value of auto defines a clipping path along the bounds of the viewport created by the given element.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

• <svg>
• <symbol>
• <image>
• <foreignObject>
• <pattern>
• <marker>

Example

<svg viewBox="0 0 20 10" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <!-- Auto clipping -->
  <svg x="0" width="10" height="10"
       clip="auto">
    <circle cx="5" cy="5" r="4" stroke="green" />
  </svg>

  <!-- Rect(top, right, bottom, left) clipping -->
  <svg x="10" width="10" height="10"
       clip="rect(1, 9, 8, 2)">
    <circle cx="5" cy="5" r="4" stroke="green" />
  </svg>
</svg>

Usage notes

The value auto defines a clipping path along the bounds of the viewport created by the given element.The value rect() defines a clipping rectangle following the following syntax: rect(<top>, <right>, <bottom>, <left>). The <top> and <bottom> values specify offsets from the top border edge of the element viewport, while <right> and <left> specify offsets from the left border edge of the element viewport.

Specifications

Browser compatibility