getSVGDocument returns null in FireFox and Chrome

Question

Is getSVGDocument broken? Obsolete?

Because when I \"run\" the following:

Answer 1

Found how to work around this, it's a security related issue.

Chrome

Close all running chrome instances first. Then start Chrome executable with a command line flag:

chrome --allow-file-access-from-files

On Windows, the easiest is probably to create a special shortcut which has added flag (right-click on shortcut -> properties -> target).

Firefox

Go to about:config Find security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy parameter Set it to false

Got it there: https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/wiki/How-to-run-things-locally

Answer 2

The getSVGDocument() method is deprecated. The recommended way is to use the contentDocument attribute instead.

See here