SVGGeometryElement: getPointAtLength() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

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The SVGGeometryElement.getPointAtLength() method returns the point at a given distance along the path.

Syntax

getPointAtLength(distance)

Parameters

distance: A float referring to the distance along the path.

Return value

A DOMPoint indicating the point at a given distance along the path.

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # __svg__SVGGeometryElement__getPointAtLength

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
`getPointAtLength`	Chrome – Partial support Chrome 1 – 55 (Release date: 2008-12-11) footnote Partial support footnote Only supported for `SVGPathElement`, not all `SVGGeometryElement` objects. Chrome – Full support Chrome 56 (Release date: 2017-01-25) footnote Full support	Edge – Partial support Edge 12 – 18 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Partial support footnote Only supported for `SVGPathElement`, not all `SVGGeometryElement` objects. Edge – Full support Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15) footnote Full support	Firefox – Partial support Firefox 1.5 – 60 (Release date: 2005-11-29) footnote Partial support footnote Only supported for `SVGPathElement`, not all `SVGGeometryElement` objects. Firefox – Full support Firefox 61 (Release date: 2018-06-26) footnote Full support	Opera – Partial support Opera 12.1 – 42 (Release date: 2012-11-20) footnote Partial support footnote Only supported for `SVGPathElement`, not all `SVGGeometryElement` objects. Opera – Full support Opera 43 (Release date: 2017-02-07) footnote Full support	Safari – Partial support Safari 3 – 11.1 (Release date: 2007-10-26) footnote Partial support footnote Only supported for `SVGPathElement`, not all `SVGGeometryElement` objects. Safari – Full support Safari 12 (Release date: 2018-09-17) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Partial support Chrome Android 18 – 55 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Partial support footnote Only supported for `SVGPathElement`, not all `SVGGeometryElement` objects. Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 56 (Release date: 2017-02-01) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Partial support Firefox for Android 4 – 60 (Release date: 2011-03-29) footnote Partial support footnote Only supported for `SVGPathElement`, not all `SVGGeometryElement` objects. Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 61 (Release date: 2018-06-26) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Partial support Opera Android 12.1 – 42 (Release date: 2012-10-09) footnote Partial support footnote Only supported for `SVGPathElement`, not all `SVGGeometryElement` objects. Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 43 (Release date: 2017-09-27) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Partial support Safari on iOS 1 – 11.3 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Partial support footnote Only supported for `SVGPathElement`, not all `SVGGeometryElement` objects. Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 12 (Release date: 2018-09-17) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Partial support Samsung Internet 1 – 5.4 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Partial support footnote Only supported for `SVGPathElement`, not all `SVGGeometryElement` objects. Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Partial support WebView Android 4.4 – 55 (Release date: 2013-12-09) footnote Partial support footnote Only supported for `SVGPathElement`, not all `SVGGeometryElement` objects. WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 56 (Release date: 2017-02-01) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Partial support WebView on iOS 1 – 11.3 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Partial support footnote Only supported for `SVGPathElement`, not all `SVGGeometryElement` objects. WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 12 (Release date: 2018-09-17) footnote Full support

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