Contact emails
dman...@microsoft.com

Explainer
None


Specification
https://svgwg.org/svg2-draft/linking.html#__svg__SVGAElement__rel


Design docs

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ejVVjucwrfzXSk-W8r5TPMbzk6F25D-eUkD6YInOJFE/edit?tab=t.0


Summary

The SVGAElement interface in SVG 2.0 allows manipulation of <a> elements 
similar to HTML anchor elements. Supporting the rel and relList attributes 
enhances security and privacy for developers. This alignment with HTML anchor 
elements ensures consistency and ease of use across web technologies.



Blink component
Blink>SVG


TAG review
None


TAG review status
Not applicable


Risks




Interoperability and Compatibility

This is already supported in Firefox and Safari


Gecko: Shipped/Shipping 
(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SVGAElement#browser_compatibility)

WebKit: Shipped/Shipping (https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/264789/webkit)

Web developers: No signals

Other signals:


WebView application risks

Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that it 
has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?

None




Debuggability

The functionality of the rel and relList attributes is similar to how they 
operate for HTML <a> elements.



Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, 
ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?
Yes


Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests?
Yes
wpt.fyi links: https://wpt.fyi/results/svg/linking/scripted/a.rel-getter-01.svg 
https://wpt.fyi/results/svg/linking/scripted/rellist-feature-detection.svg 
Corresponding Chromium WPTs links: 
https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/blink/web_tests/external/wpt/svg/linking/scripted/a.rel-getter-01.svg
 
https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/blink/web_tests/external/wpt/svg/linking/scripted/rellist-feature-detection.svg



Flag name on about://flags



Finch feature name
SvgAnchorElementRelAttributes


Requires code in //chrome?
False


Tracking bug
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40589293


Estimated milestones


Shipping on desktop 135

Shipping on Android 135

Shipping on iOS 135




Anticipated spec changes

Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or interop 
issues. Please list open issues (eg links to known github issues in the project 
for the feature specification) whose resolution may introduce web 
compat/interop risk (eg, changing to naming or structure of the API in a 
non-backward-compatible way).
None


Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
https://chromestatus.com/feature/5066982694846464?gate=6230229422702592


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