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SVGTextPathElement: href property

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{{APIRef("SVG")}}

The href read-only property of the {{domxref("SVGTextPathElement")}} interface reflects the {{SVGAttr("href")}} attribute (or the deprecated {{SVGAttr("xlink:href")}} attribute) of the given {{SVGElement("textPath")}} element.

Value

An {{domxref("SVGAnimatedString")}} object.

Examples

Accessing the href property

html
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="400" height="200">
  <defs>
    <path id="myPath" d="M10 80 C 40 10, 65 10, 95 80 S 150 150, 180 80" />
  </defs>
  <text font-size="20" fill="blue">
    <textPath id="myTextPath" href="#myPath">
      This text follows a path!
    </textPath>
  </text>
</svg>
js
const textPath = document.getElementById("myTextPath");

// Access the href property
console.log(textPath.href.baseVal); // Output: "#myPath"

Specifications

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

  • SVG {{SVGAttr("href")}} attribute