This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The points read-only property of the SVGPolylineElement interface reflects the base (i.e., static) value of the element's points attribute. Modifications via the SVGPointList object are reflected in the points attribute, and vice versa.
An SVGPointList object.
points property<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="400" height="200">
<polyline
id="myPolyline"
points="100,10 150,50 100,90 50,50"
fill="none"
stroke="blue"
stroke-width="4" />
</svg>
const polylineElement = document.getElementById("myPolyline");
// Access the points property
console.dir(polylineElement.points); // Output: SVGPointList object containing points (100,10), (150,50), (100,90), (50,50)
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
points |
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/SVGPolylineElement/points