SVGSVGElement: y 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 y read-only property of the SVGSVGElement interface describes the vertical coordinate of the position of that SVG as an SVGAnimatedLength. When an <svg> is nested within another <svg>, the vertical coordinate is a length in the user coordinate system that is the given distance from the origin of the user coordinate system along the y-axis. Its syntax is the same as that for <length>.

It reflects the <svg> element's y geometric attribute. The default value is 0. The y attribute has no effect on outermost <svg> elements; only on nested ones. The CSS y property takes precedence over the <svg> element's y attribute, so the value may not reflect the element's appearance.

Value

Example

js
const svg = document.querySelector("svg");
const topPosition = svg.y;
console.dir(leftPosition.baseVal.value); // the `y` value

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# __svg__SVGSVGElement__y

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
y

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