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SVGEllipseElement

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The SVGEllipseElement interface provides access to the properties of <ellipse> elements.

EventTarget Node Element SVGElement SVGGraphicsElement SVGGeometryElement SVGEllipseElement

Instance properties

Inherits methods from its parent interface, SVGGeometryElement.

SVGEllipseElement.cx Read only

This property returns an SVGAnimatedLength reflecting the cx attribute of the given <ellipse> element.

SVGEllipseElement.cy Read only

This property returns an SVGAnimatedLength reflecting the cy attribute of the given <ellipse> element.

SVGEllipseElement.rx Read only

This property returns an SVGAnimatedLength reflecting the rx attribute of the given <ellipse> element.

SVGEllipseElement.ry Read only

This property returns an SVGAnimatedLength reflecting the ry attribute of the given <ellipse> element.

Instance methods

Inherits methods from its parent interface, SVGGeometryElement.

Example

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SVG

<svg width="200" height="200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <ellipse cx="100" cy="100" rx="100" ry="60" id="ellipse" />
</svg>

JavaScript

const ellipse = document.getElementById("ellipse");

function outputSize() {
  // Outputs "horizontal radius: 100 vertical radius: 60"
  console.log(
    `horizontal radius: ${ellipse.rx.baseVal.valueAsString}`,
    `vertical radius: ${ellipse.ry.baseVal.valueAsString}`,
  );
}

ellipse.addEventListener("click", outputSize);

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
SVGEllipseElement 1 12 1.5 ≤12.1 3 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0 3 1
cx 1 12 1.5 ≤12.1 3 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0 3 1
cy 1 12 1.5 ≤12.1 3 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0 3 1
rx 1 12 1.5 ≤12.1 3 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0 3 1
ry 1 12 1.5 ≤12.1 3 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0 3 1

See also

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