This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The type read-only property of the SVGFEColorMatrixElement interface reflects the type attribute of the given element. It takes one of the SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_* constants defined on this interface.
An SVGAnimatedEnumeration object.
type property<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<filter id="color-matrix-filter">
<feColorMatrix
type="matrix"
values="1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0" />
<feColorMatrix type="saturate" values="0.5" />
</filter>
<rect
x="20"
y="20"
width="100"
height="100"
fill="red"
filter="url(#color-matrix-filter)" />
<circle
cx="100"
cy="100"
r="50"
fill="blue"
filter="url(#color-matrix-filter)" />
</svg>
const colorMatrices = document.querySelectorAll("feColorMatrix");
console.log(colorMatrices[0].type.baseVal); // Output: 1 (SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_MATRIX)
console.log(colorMatrices[1].type.baseVal); // Output: 2 (SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_SATURATE)
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
type |
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/SVGFEColorMatrixElement/type