SVGElement in SVG 1.1

Generic interface/class from which other elements inherit.

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

Inherits from:

Inerhited by:

Show inherited properties/methods?

Instance Properties

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

Instance Methods

name	returns	description
addEventListener(type,listener,useCapture)	(none)	[from EventTarget]
appendChild(newChild)	Node	[from Node]
cloneNode(deep)	Node	Return a new copy of the node. [from Node]
dispatchEvent(evt)	Boolean	Dispatches an event to the invoking object. [from EventTarget]
getAttribute(name)	String	[from Element]
getAttributeNode(name)	Attr	[from Element]
getAttributeNodeNS(namespaceURI,localName)	Attr	[from Element]
getAttributeNS(namespaceURI,localName)	String	[from Element]
getElementsByTagName(name)	NodeList	[from Element]
getElementsByTagNameNS(namespaceURI,localName)	NodeList	[from Element]
hasAttribute(name)	Boolean	[from Element]
hasAttributeNS(namespaceURI,localName)	Boolean	[from Element]
hasAttributes()	Boolean	[from Node]
hasChildNodes()	Boolean	[from Node]
insertBefore(newChild,refChild)	Node	[from Node]
isSupported(feature,version)	Boolean	[from Node]
normalize()	(none)	[from Node]
removeAttribute(name)	(none)	[from Element]
removeAttributeNode(oldAttr)	Attr	[from Element]
removeAttributeNS(namespaceURI,localName)	(none)	[from Element]
removeChild(oldChild)	Node	[from Node]
removeEventListener(type,listener,useCapture)	(none)	[from EventTarget]
replaceChild(newChild,oldChild)	Node	[from Node]
setAttribute(name,value)	(none)	[from Element]
setAttributeNode(newAttr)	Attr	[from Element]
setAttributeNodeNS(newAttr)	Attr	[from Element]
setAttributeNS(namespaceURI,qualifiedName,value)	(none)	[from Element]

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

Arguments that are an SVGElement

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