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<desc>

The ~~<desc>~~ element provides an accessible, long-text description of any SVG container element or graphics element.

Text in a ~~<desc>~~ element is not rendered as part of the graphic. If the element can be described by visible text, it is possible to reference that text with the ~~aria-describedby~~ attribute. If ~~aria-describedby~~ is used, it will take precedence over ~~<desc>~~.

The hidden text of a ~~<desc>~~ element can also be concatenated with the visible text of other elements using multiple IDs in an ~~aria-describedby~~ value. In that case, the ~~<desc>~~ element must provide an ID for reference.

Example

SVG Code Input:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>

    
<svg style='border:1px solid black' width='180' height='150' version='1.1'  xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'>
<svg width='126' height='126' viewBox='-25, -25, 126, 126' version='1.1'  xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'>
   <pattern id='pattern-halfgrid' x='0' y='0' width='5' height='5' patternUnits='userSpaceOnUse'>
       <path d='M 5 0 L 0 0 0 5' fill='none' stroke='red' stroke-width='0.2'/>
   </pattern>
   <pattern id='pattern-grid' x='0' y='0' width='10' height='10' patternUnits='userSpaceOnUse'>
       <rect width='10' height='10' fill='url(#pattern-halfgrid)' stroke-width='0'></rect>
       <path d='M 10 0 L 0 0 0 10' fill='none' stroke='black' stroke-width='0.2'/>
   </pattern>
   <rect x='0' y='0' width='100%' height='100%' fill='url(#pattern-grid)' stroke-width='0'></rect>
  
   <svg transform='scale(0.793650793650794)' preserveAspectRatio='xMinYMin' viewBox='0 0 10 10' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'>
       <circle cx='5' cy='5' r='4'>
           <desc>
               I'm a circle and that description is here to
               demonstrate how I can be described, but is it
               really necessary to describe a simple circle
               like me?
           </desc>
       </circle>
   </svg>
  </svg>
<text x='5' y='17' font-size='20'>(0,0)</text>
<text x='95' y='17' font-size='20'>(10,0)</text>
<text x='5' y='145' font-size='20'>(0,10)</text>
<text x='95' y='145' font-size='20'>(10,10)</text>
<circle cx='25' cy='25' r='2' fill='black'/>
<circle cx='125' cy='25' r='2' fill='black'/>
<circle cx='25' cy='125' r='2' fill='black'/>
<circle cx='125' cy='125' r='2' fill='black'/>
</svg>

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Attributes

This element only includes global attributes

Global attributes

Core Attributes Most notably: id Styling Attributes ~~class~~, ~~style~~ Event Attributes Global event attributes, Document element event attributes