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 |
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Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # __svg__SVGLength__unitType |
Browser compatibility
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