SVGElement: error event

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

The error event is fired when an SVG element does not load properly or when an error occurs during script execution.

This basically implements the standard error DOM event.

This event is not cancelable.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("error", (event) => {});

onerror = (event) => {};

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

js
svgElem.addEventListener("error", () => {
  console.log("SVG not loaded properly.");
});

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# ErrorEvent

Browser compatibility

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

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