SVGTransformList: getItem() method

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 getItem() method of the SVGTransformList interface returns the specified item from the list.

The returned item is the item itself and not a copy. Any changes made to the item are immediately reflected in the list.

The first item is indexed at 0.

Syntax

js
SVGTransformList.getItem(index)

Parameters

index

An integer; the index of the specified item as an unsigned long.

Return value

An SVGTransform object; the specified item from the list.

Exceptions

NoModificationAllowedError DOMException

Thrown if SVGTransformList corresponds to a read-only attribute or when the object itself is read-only.

Examples

Accessing an Item from the Transform List

html
<svg width="200" height="200" id="mySvg">
  <rect width="100" height="100" fill="blue" />
</svg>
js
const svgElement = document.querySelector("svg");
const rectElement = svgElement.querySelector("rect");

// Access the transform list of the <rect> element
const transformList = rectElement.transform.baseVal;

// Apply a translate transformation to the <rect> element
const translateTransform = svgElement.createSVGTransform();
translateTransform.setTranslate(50, 50);
transformList.appendItem(translateTransform);

// Get the first item from the transform list
const firstTransform = transformList.getItem(0);

// Log the transformation type
console.log(`Transformation Type: ${firstTransform.type}`); // Output: 2 (for SVG_TRANSFORM_TRANSLATE)

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# __svg__SVGNameList__getItem

Browser compatibility

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See also