index.md

---

title: <foreignObject>
slug: Web/SVG/Element/foreignObject
page-type: svg-element
tags:
  - Element
  - Reference
  - SVG
browser-compat: svg.elements.foreignObject

---

{{SVGRef}}

The <foreignObject> SVG element includes elements from a different XML namespace. In the context of a browser, it is most likely (X)HTML.

Example

html,
body,
svg {
  height: 100%;
}

<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <style>
    div {
      color: white;
      font: 18px serif;
      height: 100%;
      overflow: auto;
    }
  </style>

  <polygon points="5,5 195,10 185,185 10,195" />

  <!-- Common use case: embed HTML text into SVG -->
  <foreignObject x="20" y="20" width="160" height="160">
    <!--
      In the context of SVG embedded in an HTML document, the XHTML
      namespace could be omitted, but it is mandatory in the
      context of an SVG document
    -->
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed mollis mollis
      mi ut ultricies. Nullam magna ipsum, porta vel dui convallis, rutrum
      imperdiet eros. Aliquam erat volutpat.
    </div>
  </foreignObject>
</svg>

{{EmbedLiveSample('Example', 150, '100%')}}

Attributes

• {{SVGAttr("height")}}

  • : The height of the foreignObject. Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes

• {{SVGAttr("width")}}

  • : The width of the foreignObject. Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes

• {{SVGAttr("x")}}

  • : The x coordinate of the foreignObject. Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes

• {{SVGAttr("y")}}

  • : The y coordinate of the foreignObject. Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes

Note: Starting with SVG2, x, y, width, and height are Geometry Properties, meaning those attributes can also be used as CSS properties for that element.

Global attributes

• Core Attributes

  • : Most notably: {{SVGAttr('id')}}, {{SVGAttr('tabindex')}}

• Styling Attributes

  • : {{SVGAttr('class')}}, {{SVGAttr('style')}}

• Conditional Processing Attributes

  • : Most notably: {{SVGAttr('requiredExtensions')}}, {{SVGAttr('systemLanguage')}}

• Event Attributes

  • : Global event attributes, Graphical event attributes, Document event attributes, Document element event attributes

• Presentation Attributes

  • : Most notably: {{SVGAttr('clip-path')}}, {{SVGAttr('clip-rule')}}, {{SVGAttr('color')}}, {{SVGAttr('color-interpolation')}}, {{SVGAttr('color-rendering')}}, {{SVGAttr('cursor')}}, {{SVGAttr('display')}}, {{SVGAttr('fill')}}, {{SVGAttr('fill-opacity')}}, {{SVGAttr('fill-rule')}}, {{SVGAttr('filter')}}, {{SVGAttr('mask')}}, {{SVGAttr('opacity')}}, {{SVGAttr('pointer-events')}}, {{SVGAttr('shape-rendering')}}, {{SVGAttr('stroke')}}, {{SVGAttr('stroke-dasharray')}}, {{SVGAttr('stroke-dashoffset')}}, {{SVGAttr('stroke-linecap')}}, {{SVGAttr('stroke-linejoin')}}, {{SVGAttr('stroke-miterlimit')}}, {{SVGAttr('stroke-opacity')}}, {{SVGAttr('stroke-width')}}, {{SVGAttr("transform")}}, {{SVGAttr('vector-effect')}}, {{SVGAttr('visibility')}}

• Aria Attributes

  • : aria-activedescendant, aria-atomic, aria-autocomplete, aria-busy, aria-checked, aria-colcount, aria-colindex, aria-colspan, aria-controls, aria-current, aria-describedby, aria-details, aria-disabled, aria-dropeffect, aria-errormessage, aria-expanded, aria-flowto, aria-grabbed, aria-haspopup, aria-hidden, aria-invalid, aria-keyshortcuts, aria-label, aria-labelledby, aria-level, aria-live, aria-modal, aria-multiline, aria-multiselectable, aria-orientation, aria-owns, aria-placeholder, aria-posinset, aria-pressed, aria-readonly, aria-relevant, aria-required, aria-roledescription, aria-rowcount, aria-rowindex, aria-rowspan, aria-selected, aria-setsize, aria-sort, aria-valuemax, aria-valuemin, aria-valuenow, aria-valuetext, role

Usage notes

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Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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