SVGPointList: insertItemBefore() method

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 insertItemBefore() method of the SVGPointList interface inserts a DOMPoint before another item in the list.

Syntax

js
insertItemBefore(obj, index)

Parameters

obj

A DOMPoint object containing the coordinates of the point to be inserted.

index

The index of the item the object should be inserted before. If the index passed in is greater than the length of the list, then index will be set to the list length and the item inserted before the last item in the list.

Return value

The DOMPoint object that was inserted.

Exceptions

NoModificationAllowedError DOMException

Thrown if the list is read-only.

Examples

The following example shows an SVG which contains a <polyline> with five coordinate pairs. A new DOMPoint is created, and inserted before the point at index 2.

html
<svg id="svg" viewBox="-10 -10 120 120" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <polyline
    id="example"
    stroke="black"
    fill="none"
    points="50,0 21,90 98,35 2,35 79,90" />
</svg>
js
const example = document.getElementById("example");
const point = document.getElementById("svg").createSVGPoint();
point.y = 10;
point.x = 10;
console.log(example.points.insertItemBefore(point, 2));

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# __svg__SVGNameList__insertItemBefore

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
insertItemBefore
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

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Full support
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