<mpath>

Baseline Widely available *

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since October 2018.

* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.

The<mpath>SVG sub-element for the<animateMotion> element provides the ability to reference an external<path> element as the definition of a motion path.

Usage context

Categories	Animation element
Permitted content	Any number of the following elements, in any order: Descriptive elements

Attributes

xlink:hrefDeprecated

DOM Interface

This element implements theSVGMPathElement interface.

Example

SVG

html

<svg  width="100%"  height="100%"  viewBox="0 0 500 300"  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">  <rect    x="1"    y="1"    width="498"    height="298"    fill="none"    stroke="blue"    stroke-width="2" />  <!-- Draw the outline of the motion path in blue, along          with three small circles at the start, middle and end. -->  <path       d="M100,250 C 100,50 400,50 400,250"    fill="none"    stroke="blue"    stroke-width="7.06" />  <circle cx="100" cy="250" r="17.64" fill="blue" />  <circle cx="250" cy="100" r="17.64" fill="blue" />  <circle cx="400" cy="250" r="17.64" fill="blue" />  <!-- Here is a triangle which will be moved about the motion path.       It is defined with an upright orientation with the base of       the triangle centered horizontally just above the origin. -->  <path    d="M-25,-12.5 L25,-12.5 L 0,-87.5 z"    fill="yellow"    stroke="red"    stroke-width="7.06">    <!-- Define the motion path animation -->    <animateMotion dur="6s" repeatCount="indefinite" rotate="auto">      <mpath href="#path1" />    </animateMotion>  </path></svg>