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SVGFEBlendElement: mode property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The mode read-only property of the SVGFEBlendElement interface reflects the mode attribute of the given element. It takes one of the SVG_FEBLEND_MODE_* constants defined on this interface.

Value

An SVGAnimatedEnumeration.

Examples

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Accessing the mode property

<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <filter id="blend-filter">
    <feBlend in="SourceGraphic" in2="SourceAlpha" mode="multiply" />
    <feBlend in="SourceGraphic" in2="BackgroundImage" mode="screen" />
  </filter>
  <rect
    x="20"
    y="20"
    width="100"
    height="100"
    fill="red"
    filter="url(#blend-filter)" />
  <circle cx="100" cy="100" r="50" fill="blue" filter="url(#blend-filter)" />
</svg>
const blends = document.querySelectorAll("feBlend");

console.log(blends[0].mode.baseVal); // Output: 2 (SVG_FEBLEND_MODE_MULTIPLY)
console.log(blends[1].mode.baseVal); // Output: 3 (SVG_FEBLEND_MODE_SCREEN)

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
mode 5 12 3 ≤12.1 6 18 4 ≤12.1 6 1.0 4.4 6

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SVGFEBlendElement/mode