This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The ownerSVGElement property of the SVGElement interface reflects the nearest ancestor <svg> element. null if the given element is the outermost <svg> element.
An SVGSVGElement.
<svg> element<svg id="outerSvg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<g id="group1">
<circle id="circle1" cx="50" cy="50" r="40" fill="blue" />
</g>
</svg>
const circle = document.getElementById("circle1");
const ownerSVG = circle.ownerSVGElement;
if (ownerSVG) {
console.log(`The circle's owner <svg> has the ID: ${ownerSVG.id}`);
} else {
console.log("This element is the outermost <svg>.");
}
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
ownerSVGElement |
1 | 12 | 1.5 | ≤12.1 | 3 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SVGElement/ownerSVGElement