Appendix L: Property Index

Name Values Initial value Applies to
(Default: all)
Inherited? Percentages
(Default: N/A)
Media groups Animatable
'alignment-baseline' baseline | top | before-edge | text-top | text-before-edge |
middle | bottom | after-edge | text-bottom | text-after-edge |
ideographic | lower | hanging | mathematical | inherit
see property description 'text', 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' elements no   visual yes
'baseline-shift' baseline | sub | super | <percentage> | <length> | inherit baseline 'text', 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph' and '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 no   visual yes
'clip-path' <uri> | none | inherit none all 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 'fill', 'stroke', 'stop-color', 'flood-color', 'lighting-color' properties see Inheritance of Painting Properties   visual yes
'color-interpolation' auto | sRGB | linearRGB | inherit sRGB color interpolation and compositing operations yes   visual yes
'color-profile' auto | sRGB | (<uri> | <local-profile>)+ | inherit auto 'image' elements that refer to raster images yes   visual yes
'color-rendering' auto | optimizeSpeed | optimizeQuality | inherit auto color interpolation and compositing operations 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', 'tspan', 'tref' and 'textPath' 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   see Inheritance of Painting Properties below   all yes
'dominant-baseline' auto | autosense-script | no-change | reset|
ideographic | lower | hanging | mathematical | inherit
auto 'text', 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' 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   no   visual yes
'fill-opacity' <opacity-value> | inherit 1   yes   visual yes
'fill-rule' nonzero | evenodd | inherit nonzero   yes   visual yes
'filter' <uri> | none | inherit none graphics and container 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', 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' 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', 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' elements yes   visual yes
'font-size' <absolute-size> | <relative-size> | <length> | <percentage> | inherit medium 'text', 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' elements yes, the computed value is inherited refer to parent element's font size visual yes
'font-size-adjust' <number> | none | inherit none   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', 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' elements yes   visual yes
'font-style' normal | italic | oblique | inherit normal 'text', 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' elements yes   visual yes
'font-variant' normal | small-caps | inherit normal   yes   visual yes
'font-weight' normal | bold | bolder | lighter | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900 | inherit normal 'text', 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' elements yes   visual yes
'glyph-orientation-horizontal' <angle> | inherit 0 'text', 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' elements yes   visual no
'glyph-orientation-vertical' <angle> | auto | inherit auto 'text', 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' elements yes   visual no
'image-rendering' auto | optimizeSpeed | optimizeQuality | inherit auto images yes   visual yes
'kerning' auto | <length> | inherit auto 'text', 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' elements yes   visual yes
'letter-spacing' normal | <length> | inherit normal 'text', 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' 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 see Inheritance of Painting Properties below   visual yes
'marker-end'
'marker-mid'
'marker-start'
none |
inherit |
<uri>
none 'path', 'line', 'polyline' and 'polygon' elements see Inheritance of Painting Properties below   visual yes
'mask' <uri> | none | inherit none   no   visual yes
'opacity' <alphavalue> | inherit 1   no   visual yes
'overflow' visible | hidden | scroll | auto | inherit see prose elements which establish a new viewport no   visual yes
'pointer-events' visiblePainted | visibleFill | visibleStroke | visible |
painted | fill | stroke | all | none | inherit
visiblePainted container elements and graphics elements yes   visual yes
'shape-rendering' auto | optimizeSpeed | crispEdges |
geometricPrecision | inherit
auto   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   see Inheritance of Painting Properties below   visual yes
'stroke-dasharray' none | <dasharray> | inherit none   yes   visual
'stroke-dashoffset' <dashoffset> | inherit 0   yes see prose visual yes
'stroke-linecap' butt | round | square | inherit butt   yes   visual yes
'stroke-linejoin' miter | round | bevel | inherit miter   yes   visual yes
'stroke-miterlimit' <miterlimit> | inherit 4   yes   visual yes
'stroke-opacity' <opacity-value> | inherit 1   yes   visual yes
'stroke-width' <width> | inherit 1   yes   visual yes
'text-anchor' start | middle | end | inherit start 'text', 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' elements yes   visual yes
'text-decoration' none | [ underline || overline || line-through || blink ] | inherit none 'text', 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' 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', 'tspan', 'tref' and 'textPath' elements no   visual no
'visibility' visible | hidden | collapse | inherit inherit   no   visual yes
'word-spacing' normal | <length> | inherit normal 'text', 'tspan', 'tref', 'altGlyph', 'textPath' elements yes   visual yes
'writing-mode' lr-tb | rl-tb | tb-rl | lr | rl | tb | inherit lr-tb 'text' elements yes   visual no