Your Question: Can Javascript Be Applied to Svg?
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It is possible to script SVG using JavaScript. Via scripting you can modify the SVG elements, animate them, or listen for mouse events on the shapes. When SVG is embedded in an HTML page, you can work with SVG elements in JavaScript just as if they were HTML elements.

Can you apply JavaScript to SVG?

JavaScript can be added anywhere in an SVG document between the opening and closing <svg> tags. In general, a script should be placed at the end of the document to avoid blocking and allow the script complete access to the DOM.

Does SVG require JavaScript?

SVG is a language for describing 2D graphics in XML. Canvas draws 2D graphics, on the fly (with a JavaScript). SVG is XML based, which means that every element is available within the SVG DOM. … If attributes of an SVG object are changed, the browser can automatically re-render the shape.

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