SVGViewElement: viewBox property

The viewBox read-only property of the SVGViewElement interface reflects the viewBox attribute of the given <view> element. It represents the x, y, width, and height values defining the area to be used for the view’s viewBox.

Value

An SVGAnimatedRect object.

Example

Given the following SVG, we can use the viewBox property to retrieve the dimensions of the viewBox for a view element:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 200 200">
  <view id="view1" viewBox="0 0 50 50"></view>
  <circle cx="100" cy="100" r="80" fill="blue" />
</svg>

We can access the viewBox attribute:

const view = document.querySelector("view");

console.log(view.viewBox.baseVal); // output: DOMRect {x: 0, y: 0, width: 50, height: 50}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• viewBox