This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The insertItemBefore() method of the SVGStringList interface inserts a new item into the list at the specified position. The first item is indexed 0. The inserted item is the item itself and not a copy.
length, then the new item is appended to the end of the list.insertItemBefore(newItem, index)
newItemThe string to add to the list.
indexA non-negative integer that specifies the index of the item to insert the new item before.
The string that was added to the list.
NoModificationAllowedError DOMException
Thrown if the SVGStringList corresponds to a read-only attribute or when the object itself is read-only.
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1 | 12 | 12 | ≤12.1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SVGStringList/insertItemBefore