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SVGGeometryElement: getTotalLength() 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.getTotalLength() method returns the user agent's computed value for the total length of the path in user units.

Syntax

getTotalLength()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A float indicating the total length of the path in user units.

Specifications

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

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
getTotalLength 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/getTotalLength