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# Appendix N: Property Index

This appendix is informative, not normative.

Name | Values | Initial value | Applies to | Inh. | Percentages | Media | Anim.
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
‘alignment-baseline’ | auto | baseline | before-edge | text-before-edge | middle | central | after-edge | text-after-edge | ideographic | alphabetic | hanging | mathematical | inherit | see property description | ‘tspan’, ‘tref’, ‘altGlyph’, ‘textPath’ elements | no | N/A | visual | yes
‘baseline-shift’ | baseline | sub | super | <percentage> | <length> | inherit | baseline | ‘tspan’, ‘tref’, ‘altGlyph’, ‘textPath’ elements | no | refer 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
‘clip’ | <shape> | auto | inherit | auto | elements which establish a new viewport, ‘pattern’ elements and ‘marker’ elements | no | N/A | visual | yes
‘clip-path’ | <funciri> | none | inherit | none | container elements and graphics elements | no | N/A | visual | yes
‘clip-rule’ | nonzero | evenodd | inherit | nonzero | graphics elements within a ‘clipPath’ element | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘color’ | <color> | inherit | depends on user agent | elements to which properties ‘fill’, ‘stroke’, ‘stop-color’, ‘flood-color’, ‘lighting-color’ apply | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘color-interpolation’ | auto | sRGB | linearRGB | inherit | sRGB | container elements, graphics elements and ‘animateColor’ | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘color-interpolation-filters’ | auto | sRGB | linearRGB | inherit | linearRGB | filter primitives | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘color-profile’ | auto | sRGB | <name> | <funciri> | inherit | auto | ‘image’ elements that refer to raster images | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘color-rendering’ | auto | optimizeSpeed | optimizeQuality | inherit | auto | container elements, graphics elements and ‘animateColor’ | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘cursor’ | [ [<funciri> ,]* [ 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 | N/A | visual, interactive | yes
‘direction’ | ltr | rtl | inherit | ltr | text content elements | yes | N/A | 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

N/A

all

yes

‘dominant-baseline’ | auto | use-script | no-change | reset-size | ideographic | alphabetic | hanging | mathematical | central | middle | text-after-edge | text-before-edge | inherit | auto | text content elements | no | N/A | visual | yes
‘enable-background’ | accumulate | new [ <x> <y> <width> <height> ] | inherit | accumulate | container elements | no | N/A | visual | no
‘fill’ | <paint> (See Specifying paint) | black | shapes and text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘fill-opacity’ | <opacity-value> | inherit | 1 | shapes and text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘fill-rule’ | nonzero | evenodd | inherit | nonzero | shapes and text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘filter’ | <funciri> | none | inherit | none | container elements and graphics elements | no | N/A | visual | yes
‘flood-color’ | currentColor | <color> [<icccolor>] | inherit | black | ‘feFlood’ elements | no | N/A | visual | yes
‘flood-opacity’ | <opacity-value> | inherit | 1 | ‘feFlood’ elements | no | N/A | 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 | see individual properties | visual | yes [1]
‘font-family’ | [[ <family-name> | <generic-family> ],]* [ <family-name> | <generic-family>] | inherit | depends on user agent | text content elements | yes | N/A | 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 | N/A | visual | yes [1]
‘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 | N/A | visual | yes
‘font-style’ | normal | italic | oblique | inherit | normal | text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘font-variant’ | normal | small-caps | inherit | normal | text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘font-weight’ | normal | bold | bolder | lighter | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900 | inherit | normal | text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘glyph-orientation-horizontal’ | <angle> | inherit | 0deg | text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | no
‘glyph-orientation-vertical’ | auto | <angle> | inherit | auto | text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | no
‘image-rendering’ | auto | optimizeSpeed | optimizeQuality | inherit | auto | images | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘kerning’ | auto | <length> | inherit | auto | text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘letter-spacing’ | normal | <length> | inherit | normal | text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘lighting-color’ | currentColor | <color> [<icccolor>] | inherit | white | ‘feDiffuseLighting’ and ‘feSpecularLighting’ elements | no | N/A | visual | yes
‘marker’ | see individual properties | see individual properties | ‘path’, ‘line’, ‘polyline’ and ‘polygon’ elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘marker-end’ ‘marker-mid’ ‘marker-start’ | none | inherit | <funciri> | none | ‘path’, ‘line’, ‘polyline’ and ‘polygon’ elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘mask’ | <funciri> | none | inherit | none | container elements and graphics elements | no | N/A | visual | yes
‘opacity’ | <opacity-value> | inherit | 1 | container elements and graphics elements | no | N/A | visual | yes
‘overflow’ | visible | hidden | scroll | auto | inherit | see prose | elements which establish a new viewport, ‘pattern’ elements and ‘marker’ elements | no | N/A | visual | yes
‘pointer-events’ | visiblePainted | visibleFill | visibleStroke | visible | painted | fill | stroke | all | none | inherit | visiblePainted | graphics elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘shape-rendering’ | auto | optimizeSpeed | crispEdges | geometricPrecision | inherit | auto | shapes | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘stop-color’ | currentColor | <color> [<icccolor>] | inherit | black | ‘stop’ elements | no | N/A | visual | yes
‘stop-opacity’ | <opacity-value> | inherit | 1 | ‘stop’ elements | no | N/A | visual | yes
‘stroke’ | <paint> (See Specifying paint) | none | shapes and text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘stroke-dasharray’ | none | <dasharray> | inherit | none | shapes and text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes [1]
‘stroke-dashoffset’ | <percentage> | <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 | N/A | visual | yes
‘stroke-linejoin’ | miter | round | bevel | inherit | miter | shapes and text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘stroke-miterlimit’ | <miterlimit> | inherit | 4 | shapes and text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘stroke-opacity’ | <opacity-value> | inherit | 1 | shapes and text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘stroke-width’ | <percentage> | <length> | inherit | 1 | shapes and text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘text-anchor’ | start | middle | end | inherit | start | text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘text-decoration’ | none | [ underline || overline || line-through || blink ] | inherit | none | text content elements | no (see prose) | N/A | visual | yes
‘text-rendering’ | auto | optimizeSpeed | optimizeLegibility | geometricPrecision | inherit | auto | ‘text’ elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘unicode-bidi’ | normal | embed | bidi-override | inherit | normal | text content elements | no | N/A | 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 | N/A | visual | yes
‘word-spacing’ | normal | <length> | inherit | normal | text content elements | yes | N/A | visual | yes
‘writing-mode’ | lr-tb | rl-tb | tb-rl | lr | rl | tb | inherit | lr-tb | ‘text’ elements | yes | N/A | visual | no

1. [1] The ‘font’, ‘font-size-adjust’ and ‘stroke-dasharray’ properties are animatable but do not support additive animation.

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