<switch>

The ~~<switch>~~ SVG element evaluates any ~~requiredFeatures~~, ~~requiredExtensions~~ and ~~systemLanguage~~ attributes on its direct child elements in order, and then renders the first child where these attributes evaluate to true.

Other direct children will be bypassed and therefore not rendered. If a child element is a container element, like ~~<g>~~, then its subtree is also processed/rendered or bypassed/not rendered.

~~Note:~~ The ~~display~~ and ~~visibility~~ properties have no effect on ~~<switch>~~ element processing. In particular, setting ~~display:none~~ on a child has no effect on the true/false testing for ~~<switch>~~ processing.

Usage context

Categories Container element Permitted content Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Animation elements
Descriptive elements
Shape elements
~~<a>~~, ~~<foreignObject>~~, ~~<g>~~, ~~<image>~~, ~~<svg>~~, ~~<switch>~~, ~~<text>~~, ~~<use>~~

Attributes

Global attributes

DOM Interface

This element implements the ~~SVGSwitchElement~~ interface.

SVG <switch> example

This example demonstrates showing different text content depending on the browser's language settings. The ~~switch~~ element will display the first of its child elements whose ~~systemLanguage~~ attribute matches the user's language, or the fallback element with no ~~systemLanguage~~ attribute if none of them match.

HTML Content

SVG Code Input:

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

    
<svg style='border:1px solid black' width='280' height='150' version='1.1'  xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'>
<svg width='226' height='126' viewBox='-25, -25, 226, 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(0.884955752212389)' preserveAspectRatio='xMinYMin' viewBox='0 -20 100 50' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'>
       <switch>
           <text systemLanguage='ar'>مرحبا</text>
           <text systemLanguage='de,nl'>Hallo!</text>
           <text systemLanguage='en-us'>Howdy!</text>
           <text systemLanguage='en-gb'>Wotcha!</text>
           <text systemLanguage='en-au'>G'day!</text>
           <text systemLanguage='en'>Hello!</text>
           <text systemLanguage='es'>Hola!</text>
           <text systemLanguage='fr'>Bonjour!</text>
           <text systemLanguage='ja'>こんにちは</text>
           <text systemLanguage='ru'>Привет!</text>
           <text>☺</text>
       </switch>
   </svg>
  </svg>
<text x='5' y='17' font-size='20'>(0,-20)</text>
<text x='195' y='17' font-size='20'>(100,-20)</text>
<text x='5' y='145' font-size='20'>(0,30)</text>
<text x='195' y='145' font-size='20'>(100,30)</text>
<circle cx='25' cy='25' r='2' fill='black'/>
<circle cx='225' cy='25' r='2' fill='black'/>
<circle cx='25' cy='125' r='2' fill='black'/>
<circle cx='225' cy='125' r='2' fill='black'/>
</svg>

HTML Web Page Embedded Output:

Specifications

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) (SVG)

Sources and References

https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG2/struct.html
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Element/symbol