The SVGSVGElement interface provides access to the properties of svg elements, as well as methods to manipulate them. This interface contains also various miscellaneous commonly-used utility methods, such as matrix operations and the ability to control the time of redraw on visual rendering devices.

Documentation SVGSVGElement by Mozilla Contributors, licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.

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Static variables

@:value(1)staticinlineread onlySVG_ZOOMANDPAN_DISABLE:Int = 1

@:value(2)staticinlineread onlySVG_ZOOMANDPAN_MAGNIFY:Int = 2

@:value(0)staticinlineread onlySVG_ZOOMANDPAN_UNKNOWN:Int = 0

Variables

currentScale:Float

On an outermost svg element, this float attribute indicates the current scale factor relative to the initial view to take into account user magnification and panning operations. DOM attributes currentScale and currentTranslate are equivalent to the 2x3 matrix [a b c d e f] = [currentScale 0 0 currentScale currentTranslate.x currentTranslate.y]. If "magnification" is enabled (i.e., zoomAndPan="magnify"), then the effect is as if an extra transformation were placed at the outermost level on the SVG document fragment (i.e., outside the outermost svg element).

read onlycurrentTranslate:Point

An SVGPoint representing the translation factor that takes into account user "magnification" corresponding to an outermost svg element. The behavior is undefined for svg elements that are not at the outermost level.

read onlyheight:AnimatedLength

An SVGAnimatedLength corresponding to the height attribute of the given svg element.

read onlyuseCurrentView:Bool

The initial view (i.e., before magnification and panning) of the current innermost SVG document fragment can be either the "standard" view, i.e., based on attributes on the svg element such as viewBox) or on a "custom" view (i.e., a hyperlink into a particular view or other element). If the initial view is the "standard" view, then this attribute is false. If the initial view is a "custom" view, then this attribute is true.

read onlywidth:AnimatedLength

An SVGAnimatedLength corresponding to the width attribute of the given svg element.

read onlyx:AnimatedLength

An SVGAnimatedLength corresponding to the x attribute of the given svg element.

read onlyy:AnimatedLength

An SVGAnimatedLength corresponding to the y attribute of the given svg element.

Methods

animationsPaused():Bool

Returns true if this SVG document fragment is in a paused state.

createSVGAngle():Angle

Creates an SVGAngle object outside of any document trees. The object is initialized to a value of zero degrees (unitless).

createSVGLength():Length

Creates an SVGLength object outside of any document trees. The object is initialized to a value of zero user units.

createSVGMatrix():Matrix

Creates an SVGMatrix object outside of any document trees. The object is initialized to the identity matrix.

createSVGNumber():Number

Creates an SVGNumber object outside of any document trees. The object is initialized to a value of zero.

createSVGPoint():Point

Creates an SVGPoint object outside of any document trees. The object is initialized to the point (0,0) in the user coordinate system.

createSVGRect():Rect

Creates an SVGRect object outside of any document trees. The object is initialized such that all values are set to 0 user units.

createSVGTransform():Transform

Creates an SVGTransform object outside of any document trees. The object is initialized to an identity matrix transform (SVG_TRANSFORM_MATRIX).

createSVGTransformFromMatrix(matrix:Matrix):Transform

Creates an SVGTransform object outside of any document trees. The object is initialized to the given matrix transform (i.e., SVG_TRANSFORM_MATRIX). The values from the parameter matrix are copied, the matrix parameter is not adopted as SVGTransform::matrix.

deselectAll():Void

Unselects any selected objects, including any selections of text strings and type-in bars.

forceRedraw():Void

In rendering environments supporting interactivity, forces the user agent to immediately redraw all regions of the viewport that require updating.

getCurrentTime():Float

Returns the current time in seconds relative to the start time for the current SVG document fragment. If getCurrentTime is called before the document timeline has begun (for example, by script running in a script element before the document's SVGLoad event is dispatched), then 0 is returned.

getElementById(elementId:String):Element

Searches this SVG document fragment (i.e., the search is restricted to a subset of the document tree) for an Element whose id is given by elementId. If an Element is found, that Element is returned. If no such element exists, returns null. Behavior is not defined if more than one element has this id.

pauseAnimations():Void

Suspends (i.e., pauses) all currently running animations that are defined within the SVG document fragment corresponding to this svg element, causing the animation clock corresponding to this document fragment to stand still until it is unpaused.

setCurrentTime(seconds:Float):Void

Adjusts the clock for this SVG document fragment, establishing a new current time. If setCurrentTime is called before the document timeline has begun (for example, by script running in a script element before the document's SVGLoad event is dispatched), then the value of seconds in the last invocation of the method gives the time that the document will seek to once the document timeline has begun.

suspendRedraw(maxWaitMilliseconds:Int):Int

Takes a time-out value which indicates that redraw shall not occur until: the corresponding unsuspendRedraw() call has been made, an unsuspendRedrawAll() call has been made, or its timer has timed out.

In environments that do not support interactivity (e.g., print media), then redraw shall not be suspended. Calls to suspendRedraw() and unsuspendRedraw() should, but need not be, made in balanced pairs.

To suspend redraw actions as a collection of SVG DOM changes occur, precede the changes to the SVG DOM with a method call similar to:

suspendHandleID = suspendRedraw(maxWaitMilliseconds);

and follow the changes with a method call similar to:

unsuspendRedraw(suspendHandleID);

Note that multiple suspendRedraw calls can be used at once and that each such method call is treated independently of the other suspendRedraw method calls.

unpauseAnimations():Void

Unsuspends (i.e., unpauses) currently running animations that are defined within the SVG document fragment, causing the animation clock to continue from the time at which it was suspended.

unsuspendRedraw(suspendHandleID:Int):Void

Cancels a specified suspendRedraw() by providing a unique suspend handle ID that was returned by a previous suspendRedraw() call.

unsuspendRedrawAll():Void

Cancels all currently active suspendRedraw() method calls. This method is most useful at the very end of a set of SVG DOM calls to ensure that all pending suspendRedraw() method calls have been cancelled.

Inherited Variables

Defined by GraphicsElement

read onlytransform:AnimatedTransformList

An SVGAnimatedTransformList reflecting the computed value of the transform property and its corresponding transform attribute of the given element.

Defined by Element

read onlyownerSVGElement:SVGElement

An SVGSVGElement referring to the nearest ancestor svg element. null if the given element is the outermost svg element.

read onlyviewportElement:Element

The SVGElement, which established the current viewport. Often, the nearest ancestor svg element. null if the given element is the outermost svg element.

Defined by DOMElement

read onlyattributes:NamedNodeMap

Returns a NamedNodeMap object containing the assigned attributes of the corresponding HTML element.

read onlyclassList:DOMTokenList

Returns a DOMTokenList containing the list of class attributes.

className:String

Is a DOMString representing the class of the element.

read onlyclientHeight:Int

Returns a Number representing the inner height of the element.

read onlyclientLeft:Int

Returns a Number representing the width of the left border of the element.

read onlyclientTop:Int

Returns a Number representing the width of the top border of the element.

read onlyclientWidth:Int

Returns a Number representing the inner width of the element.

id:String

Is a DOMString representing the id of the element.

innerHTML:String

Is a DOMString representing the markup of the element's content.

read onlylocalName:String

A DOMString representing the local part of the qualified name of the element.

read onlynamespaceURI:String

The namespace URI of the element, or null if it is no namespace.

Note: In Firefox 3.5 and earlier, HTML elements are in no namespace. In later versions, HTML elements are in the http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml namespace in both HTML and XML trees. 1.9.2

read onlyoffsetHeight:Int

read onlyoffsetLeft:Int

read onlyoffsetTop:Int

read onlyoffsetWidth:Int

ongotpointercapture:Function

Returns the event handler for the gotpointercapture event type.

onlostpointercapture:Function

Returns the event handler for the lostpointercapture event type.

onwheel:Function

Returns the event handling code for the wheel event. This is now implemented on GlobalEventHandlers.onwheel.

outerHTML:String

Is a DOMString representing the markup of the element including its content. When used as a setter, replaces the element with nodes parsed from the given string.

read onlyprefix:String

A DOMString representing the namespace prefix of the element, or null if no prefix is specified.

read onlyscrollHeight:Int

Returns a Number representing the scroll view height of an element.

scrollLeft:Int

Is a Number representing the left scroll offset of the element.

read onlyscrollLeftMax:Int

Returns a Number representing the maximum left scroll offset possible for the element.

scrollTop:Int

A Number representing number of pixels the top of the document is scrolled vertically.

read onlyscrollTopMax:Int

Returns a Number representing the maximum top scroll offset possible for the element.

read onlyscrollWidth:Int

Returns a Number representing the scroll view width of the element.

read onlyshadowRoot:ShadowRoot

Returns the open shadow root that is hosted by the element, or null if no open shadow root is present.

slot:String

Returns the name of the shadow DOM slot the element is inserted in.

read onlytagName:String

Returns a String with the name of the tag for the given element.

Defined by Node

read onlybaseURI:String

Returns a DOMString representing the base URL. The concept of base URL changes from one language to another; in HTML, it corresponds to the protocol, the domain name and the directory structure, that is all until the last '/'.

read onlychildNodes:NodeList

Returns a live NodeList containing all the children of this node. NodeList being live means that if the children of the Node change, the NodeList object is automatically updated.

read onlyfirstChild:Node

Returns a Node representing the first direct child node of the node, or null if the node has no child.

read onlyisConnected:Bool

Returns a boolean indicating whether or not the Node is connected (directly or indirectly) to the context object, e.g. the Document object in the case of the normal DOM, or the ShadowRoot in the case of a shadow DOM.

read onlylastChild:Node

Returns a Node representing the last direct child node of the node, or null if the node has no child.

read onlynextSibling:Node

Returns a Node representing the next node in the tree, or null if there isn't such node.

read onlynodeName:String

Returns a DOMString containing the name of the Node. The structure of the name will differ with the node type. E.g. An HTMLElement will contain the name of the corresponding tag, like 'audio' for an HTMLAudioElement, a Text node will have the '#text' string, or a Document node will have the '#document' string.

read onlynodeType:Int

Returns an unsigned short representing the type of the node. Possible values are:

Name Value

ELEMENT_NODE 1
ATTRIBUTE_NODE (deprecated) 2
TEXT_NODE 3
CDATA_SECTION_NODE (deprecated) 4
ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE (deprecated) 5
ENTITY_NODE (deprecated) 6
PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE 7
COMMENT_NODE 8
DOCUMENT_NODE 9
DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE 10
DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE 11
NOTATION_NODE (deprecated) 12

nodeValue:String

Returns / Sets the value of the current node

read onlyownerDocument:HTMLDocument

Returns the Document that this node belongs to. If the node is itself a document, returns null.

read onlyparentElement:Element

Returns an Element that is the parent of this node. If the node has no parent, or if that parent is not an Element, this property returns null.

read onlyparentNode:Node

Returns a Node that is the parent of this node. If there is no such node, like if this node is the top of the tree or if doesn't participate in a tree, this property returns null.

read onlypreviousSibling:Node

Returns a Node representing the previous node in the tree, or null if there isn't such node.

textContent:String

Returns / Sets the textual content of an element and all its descendants.

Inherited Methods

Defined by GraphicsElement

getBBox(?aOptions:Null<BoundingBoxOptions>):Rect

Returns a DOMRect representing the computed bounding box of the current element.

Throws:

null

DOMError

getCTM():Matrix

Returns a DOMMatrix representing the matrix that transforms the current element's coordinate system to its SVG viewport's coordinate system.

getScreenCTM():Matrix

Returns a DOMMatrix representing the matrix that transforms the current element's coordinate system to the coordinate system of the SVG viewport for the SVG document fragment.

getTransformToElement(element:GraphicsElement):Matrix

Throws:

null

DOMError

Defined by Element

blur():Void

Throws:

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DOMError

focus():Void

Throws:

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DOMError

Defined by DOMElement

after(nodes:Rest<Node>):Void

after(nodes:Rest<String>):Void

Throws:

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DOMError

animate(keyframes:Dynamic, ?options:Float):Animation

animate(keyframes:Dynamic, ?options:Null<KeyframeAnimationOptions>):Animation

A shortcut method to create and run an animation on an element. Returns the created Animation object instance.

Throws:

null

DOMError

append(nodes:Rest<Node>):Void

append(nodes:Rest<String>):Void

Throws:

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DOMError

attachShadow(shadowRootInitDict:ShadowRootInit):ShadowRoot

Attatches a shadow DOM tree to the specified element and returns a reference to its ShadowRoot.

Throws:

null

DOMError

before(nodes:Rest<Node>):Void

before(nodes:Rest<String>):Void

Throws:

null

DOMError

closest(selector:String):Element

Returns the Element which is the closest ancestor of the current element (or the current element itself) which matches the selectors given in parameter.

Throws:

null

DOMError

getAnimations(?filter:Null<AnimationFilter>):Array<Animation>

Returns an array of Animation objects currently active on the element.

getAttribute(name:String):String

Retrieves the value of the named attribute from the current node and returns it as an Object.

getAttributeNS(namespace:String, localName:String):String

Retrieves the value of the attribute with the specified name and namespace, from the current node and returns it as an Object.

getAttributeNames():Array<String>

Returns an array of attribute names from the current element.

getAttributeNode(name:String):Attr

Retrieves the node representation of the named attribute from the current node and returns it as an Attr.

getAttributeNodeNS(namespaceURI:String, localName:String):Attr

Retrieves the node representation of the attribute with the specified name and namespace, from the current node and returns it as an Attr.

getBoundingClientRect():DOMRect

Returns the size of an element and its position relative to the viewport.

getClientRects():DOMRectList

Returns a collection of rectangles that indicate the bounding rectangles for each line of text in a client.

getElementsByClassName(classNames:String):HTMLCollection

Returns a live HTMLCollection that contains all descendants of the current element that possess the list of classes given in the parameter.

getElementsByTagName(localName:String):HTMLCollection

Returns a live HTMLCollection containing all descendant elements, of a particular tag name, from the current element.

getElementsByTagNameNS(namespace:String, localName:String):HTMLCollection

Returns a live HTMLCollection containing all descendant elements, of a particular tag name and namespace, from the current element.

Throws:

null

DOMError

hasAttribute(name:String):Bool

Returns a Boolean indicating if the element has the specified attribute or not.

hasAttributeNS(namespace:String, localName:String):Bool

Returns a Boolean indicating if the element has the specified attribute, in the specified namespace, or not.

hasAttributes():Bool

Returns a Boolean indicating if the element has one or more HTML attributes present.

insertAdjacentElement(where:String, element:Element):Element

Inserts a given element node at a given position relative to the element it is invoked upon.

Throws:

null

DOMError

insertAdjacentHTML(position:String, text:String):Void

Parses the text as HTML or XML and inserts the resulting nodes into the tree in the position given.

Throws:

null

DOMError

insertAdjacentText(where:String, data:String):Void

Inserts a given text node at a given position relative to the element it is invoked upon.

Throws:

null

DOMError

matches(selector:String):Bool

Returns a Boolean indicating whether or not the element would be selected by the specified selector string.

Throws:

null

DOMError

prepend(nodes:Rest<Node>):Void

prepend(nodes:Rest<String>):Void

Throws:

null

DOMError

querySelector(selectors:String):Element

Returns the first Node which matches the specified selector string relative to the element.

Throws:

null

DOMError

querySelectorAll(selectors:String):NodeList

Returns a NodeList of nodes which match the specified selector string relative to the element.

Throws:

null

DOMError

releasePointerCapture(pointerId:Int):Void

Releases (stops) pointer capture that was previously set for a specific PointerEvent.

Throws:

null

DOMError

removeAttribute(name:String):Void

Removes the named attribute from the current node.

Throws:

null

DOMError

removeAttributeNS(namespace:String, localName:String):Void

Removes the attribute with the specified name and namespace, from the current node.

Throws:

null

DOMError

removeAttributeNode(oldAttr:Attr):Attr

Removes the node representation of the named attribute from the current node.

Throws:

null

DOMError

replaceWith(nodes:Rest<Node>):Void

replaceWith(nodes:Rest<String>):Void

Throws:

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DOMError

requestFullscreen():Void

Asynchronously asks the browser to make the element full-screen.

Throws:

null

DOMError

requestPointerLock():Void

Allows to asynchronously ask for the pointer to be locked on the given element.

scrollIntoView(?arg:Bool):Void

scrollIntoView(?arg:Null<ScrollIntoViewOptions>):Void

Scrolls the page until the element gets into the view.

setAttribute(name:String, value:String):Void

Sets the value of a named attribute of the current node.

Throws:

null

DOMError

setAttributeNS(namespace:String, name:String, value:String):Void

Sets the value of the attribute with the specified name and namespace, from the current node.

Throws:

null

DOMError

setAttributeNode(newAttr:Attr):Attr

Sets the node representation of the named attribute from the current node.

Throws:

null

DOMError

setAttributeNodeNS(newAttr:Attr):Attr

Sets the node representation of the attribute with the specified name and namespace, from the current node.

Throws:

null

DOMError

@:value({ retargetToElement : false })setCapture(retargetToElement:Bool = false):Void

Sets up mouse event capture, redirecting all mouse events to this element.

setPointerCapture(pointerId:Int):Void

Designates a specific element as the capture target of future pointer events.

Throws:

null

DOMError

toggleAttribute(name:String, ?force:Bool):Bool

Toggles a boolean attribute, removing it if it is present and adding it if it is not present, on the specified element.

Throws:

null

DOMError

webkitMatchesSelector(selector:String):Bool

Throws:

null

DOMError

Defined by Node

appendChild(node:Node):Node

Adds the specified childNode argument as the last child to the current node.

If the argument referenced an existing node on the DOM tree, the node will be detached from its current position and attached at the new position.

	@throws DOMError

@:value({ deep : false })cloneNode(deep:Bool = false):Node

Clone a Node, and optionally, all of its contents. By default, it clones the content of the node.

Throws:

null

DOMError

compareDocumentPosition(other:Node):Int

Compares the position of the current node against another node in any other document.

contains(other:Node):Bool

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether a node is a descendant of a given node or not.

getRootNode(?options:Null<GetRootNodeOptions>):Node

Returns the context object's root which optionally includes the shadow root if it is available. 

hasChildNodes():Bool

Returns a Boolean indicating if the element has any child nodes, or not.

insertBefore(node:Node, child:Node):Node

Inserts a Node before the reference node as a child of a specified parent node.

Throws:

null

DOMError

isDefaultNamespace(namespace:String):Bool

Accepts a namespace URI as an argument and returns a Boolean with a value of true if the namespace is the default namespace on the given node or false if not.

isEqualNode(node:Node):Bool

Returns a Boolean which indicates whether or not two nodes are of the same type and all their defining data points match.

isSameNode(node:Node):Bool

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether or not the two nodes are the same (that is, they reference the same object).

lookupNamespaceURI(prefix:String):String

Accepts a prefix and returns the namespace URI associated with it on the given node if found (and null if not). Supplying null for the prefix will return the default namespace.

lookupPrefix(namespace:String):String

Returns a DOMString containing the prefix for a given namespace URI, if present, and null if not. When multiple prefixes are possible, the result is implementation-dependent.

normalize():Void

Clean up all the text nodes under this element (merge adjacent, remove empty).

removeChild(child:Node):Node

Removes a child node from the current element, which must be a child of the current node.

Throws:

null

DOMError

replaceChild(node:Node, child:Node):Node

Replaces one child Node of the current one with the second one given in parameter.

Throws:

null

DOMError

Defined by EventTarget

addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, ?options:EitherType<AddEventListenerOptions, Bool>, ?wantsUntrusted:Bool):Void

addEventListener(type:String, listener:EventListener, ?options:EitherType<AddEventListenerOptions, Bool>, ?wantsUntrusted:Bool):Void

Register an event handler of a specific event type on the EventTarget.

Throws:

null

DOMError

dispatchEvent(event:Event):Bool

Dispatch an event to this EventTarget.

Throws:

null

DOMError

removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, ?options:EitherType<EventListenerOptions, Bool>):Void

removeEventListener(type:String, listener:EventListener, ?options:EitherType<EventListenerOptions, Bool>):Void

Removes an event listener from the EventTarget.

Throws:

null

DOMError