<image>

The <image> SVG element includes images inside SVG documents. It can display raster image files or other SVG files.

The only image formats SVG software must support are JPEG, PNG, and other SVG files. Animated GIF behavior is undefined.

SVG files displayed with <image> are treated as an image: external resources aren’t loaded, :visited styles aren’t applied, and they cannot be interactive. To include dynamic SVG elements, try <use> with an external URL. To include SVG files and run scripts inside them, try <object> inside of <foreignObject>.

[!NOTE] The HTML spec defines <image> as a synonym for <img> while parsing HTML. This specific element and its behavior only apply inside SVG documents or inline SVGs.

Usage context

Attributes

• x
  • : Positions the image horizontally from the origin. Value type: <length> | <percentage>; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
• y
  • : Positions the image vertically from the origin. Value type: <length> | <percentage>; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
• width
  • : The width the image renders at. Unlike HTML’s <img>, this attribute is required. Value type: <length> | <percentage>; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes
• height
  • : The height the image renders at. Unlike HTML’s <img>, this attribute is required. Value type: <length> | <percentage>; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes
• href
  • : Points at a URL for the image file. Value type: <URL>; Default value: none; Animatable: no
• preserveAspectRatio
  • : Controls how the image is scaled. Value type: (none | xMinYMin | xMidYMin | xMaxYMin | xMinYMid | xMidYMid | xMaxYMid | xMinYMax | xMidYMax | xMaxYMax) (meet | slice)?; Default value: xMidYMid meet; Animatable: yes
• crossorigin
  • : Defines the value of the credentials flag for CORS requests. Value type: [ anonymous | use-credentials ]?; Default value: None; Animatable: yes
• decoding
  • : Provides a hint to the browser as to whether it should perform image decoding synchronously or asynchronously. Value type: async | sync | auto; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes
• fetchpriority Experimental
  • : Provides a hint of the relative priority to use when fetching an external image. Allowed values:
    • high
      • : Fetches the external image at a high priority relative to other external resources.
    • low
      • : Fetches the external image at a low priority relative to other external resources.
    • auto
      • : Doesn’t set a preference for the fetch priority. It is used if no value or an invalid value is set. This is the default.
• xlink:hrefDeprecated
  • : Points at a URL for the image file. Value type: <URL>; Default value: none; Animatable: no

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGImageElement interface.

Example

Basic rendering of a PNG image in SVG:

SVG

<svg width="200" height="200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <image href="mdn_logo_only_color.png" height="200" width="200" />
</svg>

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• fetchpriority attribute