<ellipse>
=========

The **`<ellipse>`** element is an SVG basic shape, used to create ellipses based on a center coordinate, and both their x and y radius.

**Note:** Ellipses are unable to specify the exact orientation of the ellipse (if, for example, you wanted to draw an ellipse tilted at a 45 degree angle), but it can be rotated by using the `transform` attribute.

Example
-------
```

html,
body,
svg {
  height: 100%;
}
```



```html
<svg viewBox="0 0 200 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <ellipse cx="100" cy="50" rx="100" ry="50" />
</svg>
```

Attributes
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`cx`

 The x position of the center of the ellipse.
 *Value type*: **<length>**|**<percentage>** ; *Default value*: `0`; *Animatable*: **yes**

`cy`

 The y position of the center of the ellipse.
 *Value type*: **<length>**|**<percentage>** ; *Default value*: `0`; *Animatable*: **yes**

`rx`

 The radius of the ellipse on the x axis.
 *Value type*: `auto`|**<length>**|**<percentage>** ; *Default value*: `auto`; *Animatable*: **yes**

`ry`

 The radius of the ellipse on the y axis.
 *Value type*: `auto`|**<length>**|**<percentage>** ; *Default value*: `auto`; *Animatable*: **yes**

`pathLength`

 This attribute lets specify the total length for the path, in user units.
 *Value type*: **<number>** ; *Default value*: *none*; *Animatable*: **yes**



**Note:** Starting with SVG2 `cx`, `cy`, `rx` and `ry` are *Geometry Properties*, meaning those attributes can also be used as CSS properties for that element.

### Global attributes

Core Attributes

Most notably: `id`, `tabindex`

Styling Attributes
`class`, `style`
Conditional Processing Attributes

Most notably: `requiredExtensions`, `systemLanguage`

Event Attributes

Global event attributes, Graphical event attributes

Presentation Attributes

Most notably: `clip-path`, `clip-rule`, `color`, `color-interpolation`, `color-rendering`, `cursor`, `display`, `fill`, `fill-opacity`, `fill-rule`, `filter`, `mask`, `opacity`, `pointer-events`, `shape-rendering`, `stroke`, `stroke-dasharray`, `stroke-dashoffset`, `stroke-linecap`, `stroke-linejoin`, `stroke-miterlimit`, `stroke-opacity`, `stroke-width`, `transform`, `vector-effect`, `visibility`

ARIA Attributes

`aria-activedescendant`, `aria-atomic`, `aria-autocomplete`, `aria-busy`, `aria-checked`, `aria-colcount`, `aria-colindex`, `aria-colspan`, `aria-controls`, `aria-current`, `aria-describedby`, `aria-details`, `aria-disabled`, `aria-dropeffect`, `aria-errormessage`, `aria-expanded`, `aria-flowto`, `aria-grabbed`, `aria-haspopup`, `aria-hidden`, `aria-invalid`, `aria-keyshortcuts`, `aria-label`, `aria-labelledby`, `aria-level`, `aria-live`, `aria-modal`, `aria-multiline`, `aria-multiselectable`, `aria-orientation`, `aria-owns`, `aria-placeholder`, `aria-posinset`, `aria-pressed`, `aria-readonly`, `aria-relevant`, `aria-required`, `aria-roledescription`, `aria-rowcount`, `aria-rowindex`, `aria-rowspan`, `aria-selected`, `aria-setsize`, `aria-sort`, `aria-valuemax`, `aria-valuemin`, `aria-valuenow`, `aria-valuetext`, `role`

Usage notes
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|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Categories | Basic shape element, Graphics element, Shape element |
| Permitted content | Any number of the following elements, in any order:Animation elementsDescriptive elements |

Specifications
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| Specification |
| --- |
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # EllipseElement |

Browser compatibility
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See also
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* Other SVG basic shapes: **`<circle>`**, `<line>`, `<polygon>`, `<polyline>`, `<rect>`