[svgwg] Merged Pull Request: Clarify that CSS width/height properties only apply to outer svg elements

• From: Karl Dubost via GitHub <noreply@w3.org>
• Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:18:12 +0000
• To: public-svg-issues@w3.org
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karlcow has just merged goldenboy777's pull request 1059 for https://github.com/w3c/svgwg:

== Clarify that CSS width/height properties only apply to outer svg elements ==
Per the [SVG WG resolution from 2026-02-05](https://www.w3.org/2026/02/05-svg-minutes.html#cba7):

> The CSS width/height properties are honored as presentation attributes for rect, image, foreignObject and outer-SVG elements and ignored by all other elements with the width/height attributes.

This change updates Section 7.8 (Sizing properties) to:

- Clarify that CSS `width` and `height` properties apply only to the **outermost** `<svg>` element, not nested ones
- Add a note explicitly stating that nested `<svg>`, `<use>`, and `<symbol>` elements have width/height attributes but do **not** accept them as CSS properties—they must be specified as XML attributes

See https://github.com/w3c/svgwg/pull/1059


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