getElementById method

Gets the element that matches the specified ID from the SVG document or document fragment.

Scalable Vector Graphics: Document Structure, Section 5.11.2

Syntax

var retval = SVGSVGElement.getElementById(elementId);

Parameters

elementId [in]

Type: String

The unique ID value for the element to find.

Return value

Type: IHTMLElement

The element whose ID matches the elementId value. If getElementById cannot find a matching element, it returns null. If getElementById finds more than one element that has the specified ID, the behavior is undefined.

Standards information

Scalable Vector Graphics: Document Structure, Section 5.11.2

Remarks

The search for the specified element is restricted to a subset of the document tree.