04 September 2001

Appendix N: Property Index

Name Values Initial value Applies to
(Default: all)
Inherited? Percentages
(Default: N/A)
Media groups Animatable
'alignment-baseline' auto | baseline | before-edge | text-before-edge | middle | after-edge | text-after-edge | ideographic | alphabetic | hanging | mathematical | inherit see property description 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' elements no   visual yes
'baseline-shift' baseline | sub | super | <percentage> | <length> | inherit baseline 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' elements no refers to the 'line-height' of the 'text' element, which in the case of SVG is defined to be equal to the 'font-size' visual yes (non-additive, 'set' and 'animate' elements only)
'clip' <shape> | auto | inherit auto elements which establish a new viewport, 'pattern' elements and 'marker' elements no   visual yes
'clip-path' <uri> | none | inherit none container elements and graphics elements no   visual yes
'clip-rule' nonzero | evenodd | inherit nonzero graphics elements within a 'clipPath' element yes   visual yes
'color' <color> | inherit depends on user agent elements to which properties 'fill', 'stroke', 'stop-color', 'flood-color', 'lighting-color' apply yes   visual yes
'color-interpolation' auto | sRGB | linearRGB | inherit sRGB container elements, graphics elements and 'animateColor' yes   visual yes
'color-interpolation-filters' auto | sRGB | linearRGB | inherit linearRGB filter primitives yes   visual yes
'color-profile' auto | sRGB | <name> | <uri> | inherit auto 'image' elements that refer to raster images yes   visual yes
'color-rendering' auto | optimizeSpeed | optimizeQuality | inherit auto container elements, graphics elements and 'animateColor' yes   visual yes
'cursor' [ [<uri> ,]* [ auto | crosshair | default | pointer | move | e-resize | ne-resize | nw-resize | n-resize | se-resize | sw-resize | s-resize | w-resize| text | wait | help ] ] | inherit auto container elements and graphics elements yes   visual, interactive yes
'direction' ltr | rtl | inherit ltr text content elements yes   visual no
'display' inline | block | list-item | run-in | compact | marker | table | inline-table | table-row-group | table-header-group | table-footer-group | table-row | table-column-group | table-column | table-cell | table-caption | none | inherit inline 'svg', 'g', 'switch', 'a', 'foreignObject', graphics elements (including the 'text' element) and text sub-elements (i.e., 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath') no   all yes
'dominant-baseline' auto | use-script | no-change | reset-size | alphabetic | hanging | ideographic | mathematical | central | middle | text-after-edge | text-before-edge | text-top | text-bottom | inherit auto text content elements no   visual yes
'enable-background' accumulate | new [ <x> <y> <width> <height> ] | inherit accumulate container elements no   visual no
'fill' <paint> (See Specifying paint) black shapes and text content elements yes   visual yes
'fill-opacity' <opacity-value> | inherit 1 shapes and text content elements yes   visual yes
'fill-rule' nonzero | evenodd | inherit nonzero shapes and text content elements yes   visual yes
'filter' <uri> | none | inherit none container elements and graphics elements no   visual yes
'flood-color' currentColor |
<color> [icc-color(<name>[,<icccolorvalue>]*)] |
inherit
black 'feFlood' elements no   visual yes
'flood-opacity' <alphavalue> | inherit 1 'feFlood' elements no   visual yes
'font' [ [ 'font-style' || 'font-variant' || 'font-weight' ]? 'font-size' [ / 'line-height' ]? 'font-family' ] | caption | icon | menu | message-box | small-caption | status-bar | inherit see individual properties text content elements yes allowed on 'font-size' and 'line-height' ('line-height' same as 'font-size' in SVG) visual yes (non-additive, 'set' and 'animate' elements only)
'font-family' [[ <family-name> | <generic-family> ],]* [<family-name> | <generic-family>] | inherit depends on user agent text content elements yes   visual yes
'font-size' <absolute-size> | <relative-size> | <length> | <percentage> | inherit medium text content elements yes, the computed value is inherited refer to parent element's font size visual yes
'font-size-adjust' <number> | none | inherit none text content elements yes   visual yes
'font-stretch' normal | wider | narrower | ultra-condensed | extra-condensed | condensed | semi-condensed | semi-expanded | expanded | extra-expanded | ultra-expanded | inherit normal text content elements yes   visual yes
'font-style' normal | italic | oblique | inherit normal text content elements yes   visual yes
'font-variant' normal | small-caps | inherit normal text content elements yes   visual yes
'font-weight' normal | bold | bolder | lighter | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900 | inherit normal text content elements yes   visual yes
'glyph-orientation-horizontal' <angle> | inherit 0deg text content elements yes   visual no
'glyph-orientation-vertical' auto | <angle> | inherit auto text content elements yes   visual no
'image-rendering' auto | optimizeSpeed | optimizeQuality | inherit auto images yes   visual yes
'kerning' auto | <length> | inherit auto text content elements yes   visual yes
'letter-spacing' normal | <length> | inherit normal text content elements yes   visual yes
'lighting-color' currentColor |
<color> [icc-color(<name>[,<icccolorvalue>]*)] |
inherit
white 'feDiffuseLighting' and 'feSpecularLighting' elements no   visual yes
'marker' see individual properties see individual properties 'path', 'line', 'polyline' and 'polygon' elements yes   visual yes
'marker-end'
'marker-mid'
'marker-start'
none |
inherit |
<uri>
none 'path', 'line', 'polyline' and 'polygon' elements yes   visual yes
'mask' <uri> | none | inherit none container elements and graphics elements no   visual yes
'opacity' <alphavalue> | inherit 1 container elements and graphics elements no   visual yes
'overflow' visible | hidden | scroll | auto | inherit see prose elements which establish a new viewport, 'pattern' elements and 'marker' elements no   visual yes
'pointer-events' visiblePainted | visibleFill | visibleStroke | visible |
painted | fill | stroke | all | none | inherit
visiblePainted graphics elements yes   visual yes
'shape-rendering' auto | optimizeSpeed | crispEdges |
geometricPrecision | inherit
auto shapes yes   visual yes
'stop-color' currentColor |
<color> [icc-color(<name>[,<icccolorvalue>]*)] |
inherit
black 'stop' elements no   visual yes
'stop-opacity' <alphavalue> | inherit 1 'stop' elements no   visual yes
'stroke' <paint> (See Specifying paint) none shapes and text content elements yes   visual yes
'stroke-dasharray' none | <dasharray> | inherit none shapes and text content elements yes   visual
'stroke-dashoffset' <length> | inherit 0 shapes and text content elements yes see prose visual yes
'stroke-linecap' butt | round | square | inherit butt shapes and text content elements yes   visual yes
'stroke-linejoin' miter | round | bevel | inherit miter shapes and text content elements yes   visual yes
'stroke-miterlimit' <miterlimit> | inherit 4 shapes and text content elements yes   visual yes
'stroke-opacity' <opacity-value> | inherit 1 shapes and text content elements yes   visual yes
'stroke-width' <length> | inherit 1 shapes and text content elements yes   visual yes
'text-anchor' start | middle | end | inherit start text content elements yes   visual yes
'text-decoration' none | [ underline || overline || line-through || blink ] | inherit none text content elements no (see prose)   visual yes
'text-rendering' auto | optimizeSpeed | optimizeLegibility |
geometricPrecision | inherit
auto 'text' elements yes   visual yes
'unicode-bidi' normal | embed | bidi-override | inherit normal text content elements no   visual no
'visibility' visible | hidden | collapse | inherit visible graphics elements (including the 'text' element) and text sub-elements (i.e., 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' and 'a') yes   visual yes
'word-spacing' normal | <length> | inherit normal text content elements yes   visual yes
'writing-mode' lr-tb | rl-tb | tb-rl | lr | rl | tb | inherit lr-tb 'text' elements yes   visual no