SVG Unleashed

Chapter 15. Scripting SVG

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Introduction to Scripting SVG

• Specifying the Scripting Language

• Manipulating the DOM

• Changing style Attributes

• Changing the Tree

• SVG Events

Chapter 14, “The SVG DOM,” provided a lot of information about standards—the W3C DOM Level 2 specification, the DOM Level 2 Event specification, and so on. Now that this foundation has been laid, it's time to put these standards into practice. This chapter will introduce you to the various possibilities to make SVG even more dynamic using script languages such as ECMAScript/JavaScript. Fasten your seatbelts, and load your favorite text editor; here we go!

Introduction to Scripting SVG

The W3C SVG specification does not say much about scripting SVG. In fact, the data provided ...