Re: [svgwg] Remove SVGElementInstance (correspondingElement / correspondingUseElement) (#1070) from Karl Dubost via GitHub on 2026-03-18 (public-svg-issues@w3.org from March 2026)

From: Karl Dubost via GitHub <noreply@w3.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:03:56 +0000
To: public-svg-issues@w3.org
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on WebKit 

https://searchfox.org/wubkat/rev/0dbabc018f3f222e0b93def93bccb3342f707ff6/Source/WebCore/svg/SVGElement.cpp#326-334
```cpp
SVGUseElement* SVGElement::correspondingUseElement() const
{
    SUPPRESS_UNCOUNTED_LOCAL auto* root = containingShadowRoot();
    if (!root)
        return nullptr;
    if (root->mode() != ShadowRootMode::UserAgent)
        return nullptr;
    return dynamicDowncast<SVGUseElement>(root->host());
}
```


on Gecko, not implemented.
https://searchfox.org/firefox-main/search?q=correspondingUseElement&path=svg&case=false&regexp=false

On Chromium, not implemented
https://source.chromium.org/search?q=correspondingUseElement&ss=chromium



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