Document: rootElement property
Deprecated
Avoid using this feature in new projects. This feature may be a candidate for removal from web standards or browsers.
Document.rootElement returns the Element
that is the root element of the document if it is an
<svg> element, otherwise null. It is deprecated in favor of
Document.documentElement, which returns the root element for all
documents.
Value
For SVG elements, the Element that is the root element of the document; otherwise null.
If the document is a non-empty SVG document, then the rootElement will be
an SVGSVGElement, identical to the documentElement.
Specifications
| Specification |
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| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # InterfaceDocumentExtensions |