SVGElement in SVG 1.1

Generic interface/class from which other elements inherit.

Inherits from:

For official information please see http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/types.html#InterfaceSVGElement.

Instance Properties

name type description
id String
xmlbase String
ownerSVGElement SVGSVGElement (read only)
viewportElement SVGElement (read only)
nodeName String (read only) [from Node]
nodeValue String [from Node]
nodeType Number (read only) [from Node]
parentNode Node (read only) [from Node]
childNodes NodeList (read only) [from Node]
firstChild Node (read only) [from Node]
lastChild Node (read only) [from Node]
previousSibling Node (read only) [from Node]
nextSibling Node (read only) [from Node]
attributes NamedNodeMap (read only) [from Node]
ownerDocument Document (read only) [from Node]
namespaceURI String (read only) [from Node]
prefix String [from Node]
localName String (read only) [from Node]
tagName String (read only) [from Element]

Instance Methods

name returns description
insertBefore() Node [from Node]
replaceChild() Node [from Node]
removeChild() Node [from Node]
appendChild() Node [from Node]
cloneNode() Node Return a new copy of the node. [from Node]
isSupported() Boolean [from Node]
getAttribute() String [from Element]
setAttribute() (none) [from Element]
removeAttribute() (none) [from Element]
getAttributeNode() Attr [from Element]
setAttributeNode() Attr [from Element]
removeAttributeNode() Attr [from Element]
getElementsByTagName() NodeList [from Element]
getAttributeNS() String [from Element]
setAttributeNS() (none) [from Element]
removeAttributeNS() (none) [from Element]
getAttributeNodeNS() Attr [from Element]
setAttributeNodeNS() Attr [from Element]
getElementsByTagNameNS() NodeList [from Element]
hasAttribute() Boolean [from Element]
hasAttributeNS() Boolean [from Element]
hasChildNodes() Boolean [from Node]
normalize() (none) [from Node]
hasAttributes() Boolean [from Node]

Description

All of the SVG DOM interfaces that correspond directly to elements in the SVG language (e.g., the SVGPathElement interface corresponds directly to the <path /> element in the language) are derivative from this base class.

Properties that are an SVGElement

name object description
viewportElement SVGElement (read only)
nearestViewportElement SVGLocatable (read only)
farthestViewportElement SVGLocatable (read only)
viewTarget SVGViewSpec (read only)
correspondingElement SVGElementInstance (read only)
targetElement SVGAnimationElement (read only)

Arguments that are an SVGElement

name in method of object description
element getTransformToElement() SVGLocatable
referenceElement getIntersectionList() SVGSVGElement If null, return a
referenceElement getEnclosureList() SVGSVGElement If null, return a
element checkIntersection() SVGSVGElement The element on which to perfor
element checkEnclosure() SVGSVGElement The element on which to perfor