SVGAnimatedString

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

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The SVGAnimatedString interface represents string attributes which can be animated from each SVG declaration. You need to create SVG attribute before doing anything else, everything should be declared inside this.

Instance properties

SVGAnimatedString.animVal Read only: A string representing the animated value of the reflected attribute value. If the given attribute is not currently being animated, it contains the same value as baseVal.
SVGAnimatedString.baseVal: A string representing the base value of the reflected attribute before applying any animations.

Instance methods

The SVGAnimatedString interface do not provide any specific methods.

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # InterfaceSVGAnimatedString

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
`SVGAnimatedString`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 1.5 (Release date: 2005-11-29) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 12.1 (Release date: 2012-11-20) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 3 (Release date: 2007-10-26) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 12.1 (Release date: 2012-10-09) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 3 (Release date: 2011-02-22) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support
`animVal`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 1.5 (Release date: 2005-11-29) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 12.1 (Release date: 2012-11-20) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 3 (Release date: 2007-10-26) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 12.1 (Release date: 2012-10-09) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 3 (Release date: 2011-02-22) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support
`baseVal`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 1.5 (Release date: 2005-11-29) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 12.1 (Release date: 2012-11-20) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 3 (Release date: 2007-10-26) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 12.1 (Release date: 2012-10-09) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 3 (Release date: 2011-02-22) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support
Requires `TrustedScriptURL` instance when trusted types are enforced Experimental	Chrome – Full support Chrome 141 (Release date: 2025-09-30) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 141 (Release date: 2025-10-03) footnote Full support	Firefox – Preview support Firefox Nightly footnote Preview browser support	Opera – Full support Opera 125 (Release date: 2025-12-04) footnote Full support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 141 (Release date: 2025-09-30) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote No support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 93 (Release date: 2025-11-25) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support	Samsung Internet – No support Samsung Internet footnote No support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 141 (Release date: 2025-09-30) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote No support

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Full support: Full support
In development. Supported in a pre-release version.: In development. Supported in a pre-release version.
No support: No support
: Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

SVGAnimatedString

Instance properties

Instance methods

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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