Line

Remarks:

Detailed information on the SVG 'line' element can be found in the W3C Recommendation for SVG.

Draw a cross using diagonal red lines

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
    <line x1="10" y1="10" x2="100" y2="100" stroke="red" stroke-width="10" />
    <line x1="100" y1="10" x2="10" y2="100" stroke="red" stroke-width="10" />
</svg>

Result:

Dashed line drawing with stroke-dasharray

<svg width="400px" height="400px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
    <line x1="10" y1="10" x2="300" y2="10" stroke="red" stroke-width="10" stroke-dasharray="20,2,5,2"/>
</svg>

Result

Different examples of stroke-dasharray:

<svg width="200" height="200" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> 
  <line stroke-dasharray="5, 5"              x1="10" y1="10" x2="190" y2="10" />
  <line stroke-dasharray="5, 10"             x1="10" y1="30" x2="190" y2="30" />
    <line stroke-dasharray="10, 5"             x1="10" y1="50" x2="190" y2="50" />
    <line stroke-dasharray="5, 1"              x1="10" y1="70" x2="190" y2="70" />
    <line stroke-dasharray="1, 5"              x1="10" y1="90" x2="190" y2="90" />
    <line stroke-dasharray="0.9"               x1="10" y1="110" x2="190" y2="110" />
    <line stroke-dasharray="15, 10, 5"         x1="10" y1="130" x2="190" y2="130" />
    <line stroke-dasharray="15, 10, 5, 10"     x1="10" y1="150" x2="190" y2="150" />
    <line stroke-dasharray="15, 10, 5, 10, 15" x1="10" y1="170" x2="190" y2="170" />
    <line stroke-dasharray="5, 5, 1, 5"        x1="10" y1="190" x2="190" y2="190" />
    <style><![CDATA[
    line{
        stroke: red;
        stroke-width: 2;
    }
    ]]></style>
 </svg>

Result:

Line cap alternatives using stroke-linecap

<svg width="600px" height="400px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  
    <line x1="10" y1="20" x2="300" y2="20" stroke="red" stroke-width="20" stroke-linecap="butt"/>
      <text x="320" y="20">stroke-linecap="butt" (default)</text>
    <line x1="10" y1="70" x2="300" y2="70" stroke="red" stroke-width="20" stroke-linecap="round"/>
      <text x="320" y="70">stroke-linecap="round"</text>
    <line x1="10" y1="120" x2="300" y2="120" stroke="red" stroke-width="20" stroke-linecap="square"/>
      <text x="320" y="120">stroke-linecap="square"</text>
</svg>

Result

Parameters:

Attribute	Description
x1	Horizontal position of start of line.
y1	Vertical position of start of line.
x2	Horizontal position of end of line.
y2	Vertical position of end of line.
stroke	Color of line.
stroke-width	Width of line.
stroke-opacity	Opacity of line.
stroke-dasharray	Dash pattern for the line
stroke-linecap	How line ends render

Contributors

Topic Id: 3034

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