SVG: text inside rect

This is not possible. If you want to display text inside a rect element you should put them both in a group with the text element coming after the rect element ( so it appears on top ). <svg xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/2000/svg”> <g> <rect x=”0″ y=”0″ width=”100″ height=”100″ fill=”red”></rect> <text x=”0″ y=”50″ font-family=”Verdana” font-size=”35″ fill=”blue”>Hello</text> </g> </svg>