SVGSVGElement: currentScale property

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The currentScale property of the {{domxref("SVGSVGElement")}} interface reflects the current scale factor relative to the initial view to take into account user magnification and panning operations on the outermost {{SVGElement("svg")}} element.

DOM attributes currentScale and currentTranslate are equivalent to the 2×3 matrix [a b c d e f] = [currentScale 0 0 currentScale currentTranslate.x currentTranslate.y]. If "magnification" is enabled (i.e., zoomAndPan="magnify"), then the effect is as if an extra transformation were placed at the outermost level on the SVG document fragment (i.e., outside the outermost {{SVGElement("svg")}} element).

If the {{SVGElement("svg")}} element is not at the outermost level, then currentScale is always 1 and setting it has no effect.

Value

A float.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("SVGSVGElement.currentTranslate")}}