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SVGGeometryElement: getPointAtLength() 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 SVGGeometryElement.getPointAtLength() method returns the point at a given distance along the path.

Syntax

getPointAtLength(distance)

Parameters

distance

A float referring to the distance along the path.

Return value

A DOMPoint indicating the point at a given distance along the path.

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2>
# __svg__SVGGeometryElement__getPointAtLength>

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
getPointAtLength 56
1–56Only supported for SVGPathElement, not all SVGGeometryElement objects.
 79
12–79Only supported for SVGPathElement, not all SVGGeometryElement objects.
 61
1.5–61Only supported for SVGPathElement, not all SVGGeometryElement objects.
 43
≤12.1–43Only supported for SVGPathElement, not all SVGGeometryElement objects.
 12
3–12Only supported for SVGPathElement, not all SVGGeometryElement objects.
 56
18–56Only supported for SVGPathElement, not all SVGGeometryElement objects.
 61
4–61Only supported for SVGPathElement, not all SVGGeometryElement objects.
 43
≤12.1–43Only supported for SVGPathElement, not all SVGGeometryElement objects.
 12
1–12Only supported for SVGPathElement, not all SVGGeometryElement objects.
 6.0
1.0–6.0Only supported for SVGPathElement, not all SVGGeometryElement objects.
 56
4.4–56Only supported for SVGPathElement, not all SVGGeometryElement objects.
 12
1–12Only supported for SVGPathElement, not all SVGGeometryElement objects.

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SVGGeometryElement/getPointAtLength