SVGElement

SVGelement, commonly referred to in standards as SVGElement, is the DOM interface that represents any element in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) namespace. It serves as the base interface for all concrete SVG element interfaces, such as SVGRectElement, SVGCircleElement, SVGPathElement, SVGGElement, and SVGSVGElement. SVGelement extends the generic Element interface and provides the common set of behaviors shared by all SVG elements, while specific element types expose properties and methods particular to their geometry and rendering.

In web browsers, SVGelement enables scripting access to SVG content: you can create new elements with document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'rect'), append them to an existing SVG document, and modify attributes, styles, and transforms. Derived interfaces define element-specific attributes (for example, x, y, width, height on rectangles; d on paths; viewBox on the SVG root). The interface also supports standard DOM operations such as event handling, querying, and manipulation via the SVG DOM API, including properties inherited from Element such as id, className, and style.

SVGelement is defined by SVG specifications maintained by the W3C (and reflected in WHATWG living standards) and is implemented across modern web engines. It is supported in major browsers and used widely in inline SVG and SVG-in-HTML documents.