SVGClipPathElement: transform property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2021.

The read-only transform property of the SVGClipPathElement interface reflects the transform attribute of a <clipPath> element, that is a list of transformations applied to the element.

Value

An SVGTransformList.

Examples

html
<div>
  <svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" width="200" height="200">
    <clipPath
      id="clip1"
      clipPathUnits="objectBoundingBox"
      transform="skewX(40) scale(1 0.5)">
      <circle cx=".5" cy=".5" r=".35" />
    </clipPath>

    <rect id="r1" x="0" y="0" width="100" height="100" />

    <use clip-path="url(#clip1)" href="#r1" fill="lightblue" />
  </svg>
</div>
<pre id="log"></pre>
js
const translateType = [
  "unknown",
  "matrix()",
  "translate()",
  "scale()",
  "rotate()",
  "skewx()",
  "skewy()",
];

const clipPath1 = document.getElementById("clip1");

const log = document.getElementById("log");

let result = "The following transformation have been applied:\n";
for (const transform of clipPath1.transform.baseVal) {
  result += `- A transform of type '${translateType[transform.type]}' found.\n`;
}

log.textContent = result;

Specifications

Specification
CSS Masking Module Level 1
# dom-svgclippathelement-transform

Browser compatibility

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Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
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