<tref>

The textual content for a <text> can be either character data directly embedded within the <text> element or the character data content of a referenced element, where the referencing is specified with a tref element.

Usage context

Example

<svg width="100%" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 1000 300"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" 
     xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <defs>
    <text id="ReferencedText">
      Referenced character data
    </text>
  </defs>

  <text x="100" y="100" font-size="45" >
    Inline character data
  </text>

  <text x="100" y="200" font-size="45" fill="red" >
    <tref xlink:href="#ReferencedText"/>
  </text>

  <!-- Show outline of canvas using 'rect' element -->
  <rect x="1" y="1" width="998" height="298"
        fill="none" stroke-width="2" />
</svg>

Attributes

Global attributes

• Conditional processing attributes »
• Core attributes »
• Graphical event attributes »
• Presentation attributes »
• Xlink attributes »
• class
• style
• externalResourcesRequired

Specific attributes

• xlink:href

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGTRefElement interface.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• <text>