No mention of how refX and refY on `<symbol>` are not supported by the major browsers.
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Description
### MDN URL
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Reference/Attribute/refY
### What specific section or headline is this issue about?
Symbol
### What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?
It should *really* be prominently stated that `refX` and `refY` on the ``-element are *not* supported by apparently any browser despite having been part of a recommended spec for a decade and the same attributes on ``-element being widely supported for years.
### What did you expect to see?
A prominently featured warning that this feature that's being covered in-depth by the MDN documentation is not in fact functional. I really could save people a lot of confusion, frustration and time.
This should be mentioned on every page that talks about it, yet it is not mentioned anywhere:
- [``-element page](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Reference/Element/symbol)
- [`refX`-attribute page](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Reference/Attribute/refX)
- [`refY`-attribute page](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Reference/Attribute/refY)
### Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?
Example SVG that illustrates the issue.
```svg
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### Do you have anything more you want to share?
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### MDN metadata
Page report details
* Folder: `en-us/web/svg/reference/attribute/refy`
* MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Reference/Attribute/refY
* GitHub URL: https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/svg/reference/attribute/refy/index.md
* Last commit: https://github.com/mdn/content/commit/3e543cdfe8dddfb4774a64bf3decdcbab42a4111
* Document last modified: 2025-06-23T16:41:39.000Z
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