SVGLength: unitType 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 2020.

The unitType property of the SVGLength interface that represents type of the value as specified by one of the SVG_LENGTHTYPE_* constants defined on this interface.

Value

One of the following:

  • SVGLength.SVG_LENGTHTYPE_UNKNOWN (0)
  • SVGLength.SVG_LENGTHTYPE_NUMBER (1)
  • SVGLength.SVG_LENGTHTYPE_PERCENTAGE (2)
  • SVGLength.SVG_LENGTHTYPE_EMS (3)
  • SVGLength.SVG_LENGTHTYPE_EXS (4)
  • SVGLength.SVG_LENGTHTYPE_PX (5)
  • SVGLength.SVG_LENGTHTYPE_CM (6)
  • SVGLength.SVG_LENGTHTYPE_MM (7)
  • SVGLength.SVG_LENGTHTYPE_IN (8)
  • SVGLength.SVG_LENGTHTYPE_PT (9)
  • SVGLength.SVG_LENGTHTYPE_PC (10)

Examples

Here's an example of how to access the unitType property:

js
// Get an SVGLength object
const svg = document.querySelector("svg");

// Assume `length` is an instance of SVGLength
const length = svg.createSVGLength();

// Set the length value
length.newValueSpecifiedUnits(SVGLength.SVG_LENGTHTYPE_PERCENTAGE, 20);

// Check the unit type
console.log(length.unitType); // Output: 2 (SVG_LENGTHTYPE_PERCENTAGE)

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# __svg__SVGLength__unitType

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
unitType

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