Detecting classname of SVGAnimatedString

Question

I had a problem with a SVG map I was building, the functions triggered by onmouseover on g were not working. I used then

window.onmouseover=function(e) {
               


        

Answer 1

Simplest way:

e.target.className.baseVal

Another way:

e.target.getAttribute("class")

Answer 2

Make sure you also set the class name inside the svg path tags and then try e.target.getAttribute("class")

That worked for me.