SVGAElement: relList property

Baseline 2025
Newly available

Since May 2025, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

The read-only relList property of the SVGAElement returns a live DOMTokenList reflecting the space-separated string <list-of-Link-Types> values of the rel attribute of the SVG <a> element.

Value

A live DOMTokenList.

Although the relList property itself is read-only in the sense that you can't replace the DOMTokenList object, you can still assign to the relList property directly, which is equivalent to assigning to its value property. You can also modify the DOMTokenList object using the add(), remove(), replace(), and toggle() methods.

Examples

Given the following SVG:

html
<svg viewBox="0 0 200 20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <!-- A link around a text -->
  <a href="/docs/Web/SVG/Reference/Element/text" rel="alternate bookmark">
    <text x="30" y="10">Link text</text>
  </a>
</svg>

We can retrieve every link type defined by <a> element's rel attribute:

js
// Select an SVG <a> element
const svgLink = document.querySelector("a");
const relations = svgLink.relList;

relations.forEach((relValue) => {
  log(relValue);
});

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# __svg__SVGAElement__relList

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
relList
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 136 (Release date: 2025-04-29)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 136 (Release date: 2025-05-01)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 61 (Release date: 2018-06-26)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 121 (Release date: 2025-08-27)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 14 (Release date: 2020-09-16)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 136 (Release date: 2025-04-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 61 (Release date: 2018-06-26)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 90 (Release date: 2025-06-18)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 14 (Release date: 2020-09-16)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 29 (Release date: 2025-10-25)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 136 (Release date: 2025-04-29)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 14 (Release date: 2020-09-16)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support

See also