SVGMaskElement: x property

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.

The read-only x property of the SVGMaskElement interface returns an SVGAnimatedLength object containing the value of the x attribute of the <mask>. It represents the x-axis coordinate of the top-left corner of the masking area.

Note: Although this property is read-only, it is merely a container for two values you can modify, baseVal and animVal.

Value

An SVGAnimatedLength object in the coordinate system defined by SVGMaskElement.maskUnits. The baseVal property of this object returns an SVGLength, the value of which returns the initial x value.

Examples

html
<div>
  <svg viewBox="-10 -10 120 120" width="100" height="100">
    <mask id="mask" x="0" maskUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
      <!-- Everything under a white pixel will be visible -->
      <rect x="0" y="0" width="100" height="100" fill="white" />

      <!-- Everything under a black pixel will be invisible -->
      <path
        d="M10,35 A20,20,0,0,1,50,35 A20,20,0,0,1,90,35 Q90,65,50,95 Q10,65,10,35 Z"
        fill="black" />
      <animate
        attributeName="x"
        values="0;80;0"
        dur="5s"
        repeatCount="indefinite" />
    </mask>

    <polygon points="-10,110 110,110 110,-10" fill="orange" />

    <!-- with this mask applied, we "punch" a heart shape hole into the circle -->
    <circle cx="50" cy="50" r="50" mask="url(#mask)" />
  </svg>
</div>
<pre id="log"></pre>
js
const mask = document.getElementById("mask");

function displayLog() {
  const animValue = mask.x.animVal.value;
  const baseValue = mask.x.baseVal.value;
  log.textContent = `The 'x.animVal' is ${animValue}.\n`;
  log.textContent += `The 'x.baseVal' is ${baseValue}.`;
  requestAnimationFrame(displayLog);
}
displayLog();

Specifications

Specification
CSS Masking Module Level 1
# dom-svgmaskelement-x

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
x
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 3 (Release date: 2008-06-17)
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

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Full support
Full support