---
title: <path>
slug: Web/SVG/Element/path
translation_of: Web/SVG/Element/path
---
<div>{{SVGRef}}</div>

<p>Das <strong><code>&lt;path&gt;</code></strong> <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/SVG">SVG</a> Element ist das allgemeine Element zum definieren einer Form. Alle Grundformen können mit einem path-Element erzeugt werden.</p>

<div id="Example">
<div class="hidden">
<pre class="brush: css">html,body,svg { height:100% }</pre>
</div>

<pre class="brush: html">&lt;svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"&gt;
  &lt;path d="M 10,30
           A 20,20 0,0,1 50,30
           A 20,20 0,0,1 90,30
           Q 90,60 50,90
           Q 10,60 10,30 z"/&gt;
&lt;/svg&gt;</pre>

<p>{{EmbedLiveSample('Example', 100, 100)}}</p>
</div>

<h2 id="Attribute">Attribute</h2>

<dl>
 <dt id="attr-cx">{{SVGAttr("d")}}</dt>
 <dd>Dieses Attribut definiert die Form des Pfades.<br>
 <small><em>Value type</em>: <strong>&lt;string&gt;</strong> ; <em>Default value</em>: <code>''</code>; <em>Animatable</em>: <strong>yes</strong></small></dd>
 <dt>{{SVGAttr("pathLength")}}</dt>
 <dd>Dieses Attribut lässt den Author die Gesammtlänge des Pfades in der Einheit des Nutzers definieren.<br>
 <small><em>Value type</em>: <a href="/docs/Web/SVG/Content_type#Number"><strong>&lt;number&gt;</strong></a> ; <em>Default value</em>: <em>none</em>; <em>Animatable</em>: <strong>yes</strong></small></dd>
</dl>

<h3 id="Globale_Attribute">Globale Attribute</h3>

<dl>
 <dt><a href="/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/Core">Core Attribute</a></dt>
 <dd><small>Most notably: {{SVGAttr('id')}}, {{SVGAttr('tabindex')}}</small></dd>
 <dt><a href="/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/Styling">Style Attribute</a></dt>
 <dd><small>{{SVGAttr('class')}}, {{SVGAttr('style')}}</small></dd>
 <dt><a href="/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/Conditional_Processing">Conditional Processing Attributes</a></dt>
 <dd><small>Most notably: {{SVGAttr('requiredExtensions')}}, {{SVGAttr('systemLanguage')}}</small></dd>
 <dt>Event Attributes</dt>
 <dd><small><a href="/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/Events#Global_Event_Attributes">Global event attributes</a>, <a href="/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/Events#Graphical_Event_Attributes">Graphical event attributes</a></small></dd>
 <dt><a href="/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/Presentation">Presentation Attributes</a></dt>
 <dd><small>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')}}</small></dd>
 <dt>ARIA Attributes</dt>
 <dd><small><code>aria-activedescendant</code>, <code>aria-atomic</code>, <code>aria-autocomplete</code>, <code>aria-busy</code>, <code>aria-checked</code>, <code>aria-colcount</code>, <code>aria-colindex</code>, <code>aria-colspan</code>, <code>aria-controls</code>, <code>aria-current</code>, <code>aria-describedby</code>, <code>aria-details</code>, <code>aria-disabled</code>, <code>aria-dropeffect</code>, <code>aria-errormessage</code>, <code>aria-expanded</code>, <code>aria-flowto</code>, <code>aria-grabbed</code>, <code>aria-haspopup</code>, <code>aria-hidden</code>, <code>aria-invalid</code>, <code>aria-keyshortcuts</code>, <code>aria-label</code>, <code>aria-labelledby</code>, <code>aria-level</code>, <code>aria-live</code>, <code>aria-modal</code>, <code>aria-multiline</code>, <code>aria-multiselectable</code>, <code>aria-orientation</code>, <code>aria-owns</code>, <code>aria-placeholder</code>, <code>aria-posinset</code>, <code>aria-pressed</code>, <code>aria-readonly</code>, <code>aria-relevant</code>, <code>aria-required</code>, <code>aria-roledescription</code>, <code>aria-rowcount</code>, <code>aria-rowindex</code>, <code>aria-rowspan</code>, <code>aria-selected</code>, <code>aria-setsize</code>, <code>aria-sort</code>, <code>aria-valuemax</code>, <code>aria-valuemin</code>, <code>aria-valuenow</code>, <code>aria-valuetext</code>, <code>role</code></small></dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h2>

<p>{{svginfo}}</p>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName("SVG Paths", "#PathElement", "&lt;path&gt;")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2("SVG Paths")}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName("SVG2", "paths.html#PathElement", "&lt;path&gt;")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2("SVG2")}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName("SVG1.1", "paths.html#PathElement", "&lt;path&gt;")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2("SVG1.1")}}</td>
   <td>Initial definition</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>



<p>{{Compat("svg.elements.path")}}</p>

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li>SVG basic shapes: {{ SVGElement('circle') }}, {{ SVGElement('ellipse') }}, {{ SVGElement('line') }}, {{ SVGElement('polygon') }}, {{ SVGElement('polyline') }}, {{ SVGElement('rect') }}</li>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Tutorial/Paths">The MDN SVG "Getting Started" tutorial : Path</a></li>
</ul>