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Is it possible to create a circle using a <rect> tag and border-radius?

Guys, I am aware that <circle> tag exists but I need to make a circle using <rect>. I want my circle to consist out of two half circles. Therefore, I've created two rectangles in one <svg>. Now, I'm trying to round them up.

26th Mar 2018, 11:21 PM
Ulyana Sveleba
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You can create a circle using a path tag: https://code.sololearn.com/WT6Fsm0niHjm/?ref=app
27th Mar 2018, 1:48 PM
Amadeus
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You can "round" a svg <rect> element using 'rx' and 'ry' attributes... but, unlike html box css 'border-radius', you cannot control each corner independently from each others, so to draw only half circle using <rect> svg element, you need to mask half of it to workaround: <svg height="160px" width="140px" style="border:2px dashed silver"> <clipPath id="mask-top"> <rect height="50px" width="100px" x="20px" y="20px"></rect> </clipPath> <rect id="half-circle-top" height="100px" width="100px" x="20px" y="20px" stroke="red" fill="limegreen" rx="50%" ry="50%" clip-path="url(#mask-top)"></rect> <clipPath id="mask-bottom"> <rect height="50px" width="100px" x="20px" y="90px"></rect> </clipPath> <rect id="half-circle-top" height="100px" width="100px" x="20px" y="40px" stroke="royalblue" fill="cyan" rx="50%" ry="50%" clip-path="url(#mask-bottom)"></rect> </svg> Obviously, if you use some stroke as outline of the "half-circles", you need to take account of that when defining the clipping path, to avoid clipping outline of your main shape, and if you want draw outline whole around the shapes, you need to use some <line> independant element for the diameter (as the "half-circle" is defined by cliping a whole circle, the base outline stroke doesn't draw it) ;)
27th Mar 2018, 3:39 AM
visph
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🇵🇱Amadeus thankyou! your option is a really cool suggestion and that course is just gorgeous. It explains path and svg very well. thankyou very much
5th May 2018, 8:29 PM
Ulyana Sveleba
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Thankyou very much for a detailed answer!
27th Mar 2018, 8:54 AM
Ulyana Sveleba
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Thankyou Amadeus! It is helpful for me 😊
27th Mar 2018, 1:55 PM
Ulyana Sveleba
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Thankyou again 🙄
27th Mar 2018, 5:15 PM
Ulyana Sveleba
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🇮🇷 M N hahah that's a cool code 😎👍
7th Apr 2018, 2:11 PM
Ulyana Sveleba
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You can learn more about SVG paths from this famous code: https://code.sololearn.com/Wnc1H3jaH0ua/?ref=app
27th Mar 2018, 5:14 PM
Amadeus
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see my code to generate and zoom into mandelbrot set fractal, using html5 progress and worker, css, javascript and some math https://code.sololearn.com/WNvSp3Q9S5GD/?ref=app https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/1196672/?ref=app
7th Apr 2018, 2:09 PM
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