This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The getItem() method of the SVGTransformList interface returns the specified item from the list.
The returned item is the item itself and not a copy. Any changes made to the item are immediately reflected in the list.
The first item is indexed at 0.
getItem(index)
indexAn integer; the index of the specified item as an unsigned long.
An SVGTransform object; the specified item from the list.
NoModificationAllowedError DOMException
Thrown if SVGTransformList corresponds to a read-only attribute or when the object itself is read-only.
<svg width="200" height="200" id="mySvg"> <rect width="100" height="100" fill="blue" /> </svg>
const svgElement = document.querySelector("svg");
const rectElement = svgElement.querySelector("rect");
// Access the transform list of the <rect> element
const transformList = rectElement.transform.baseVal;
// Apply a translate transformation to the <rect> element
const translateTransform = svgElement.createSVGTransform();
translateTransform.setTranslate(50, 50);
transformList.appendItem(translateTransform);
// Get the first item from the transform list
const firstTransform = transformList.getItem(0);
// Log the transformation type
console.log(`Transformation Type: ${firstTransform.type}`); // Output: 2 (for SVG_TRANSFORM_TRANSLATE)
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
getItem |
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/SVGTransformList/getItem