SVGGradientElement: href property

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.

The href read-only property of the SVGGradientElement interface reflects the href or xlink:href attribute of the given element.

Value

An SVGAnimatedString.

Examples

Accessing the href property

html
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="200" height="200">
  <defs>
    <linearGradient id="gradient1">
      <stop offset="0%" stop-color="red" />
      <stop offset="100%" stop-color="blue" />
    </linearGradient>
    <linearGradient id="gradient2" href="#gradient1" />
  </defs>
  <rect x="10" y="10" width="180" height="180" fill="url(#gradient2)" />
</svg>
js
const gradient = document.getElementById("gradient2");
console.log(gradient.href.baseVal); // Output: "#gradient1"

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# __svg__SVGURIReference__href

Browser compatibility

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