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SVGFEDropShadowElement: dx property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨January 2020⁩.

The dx read-only property of the SVGFEDropShadowElement interface reflects the dx attribute of the given <feDropShadow> element.

Value

An SVGAnimatedNumber object.

Examples

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Accessing the dx value

In this example, we retrieve the horizontal shift of the <feDropShadow> by using the dx read-only property of the SVGFEDropShadowElement interface.

<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <defs>
    <filter id="drop-shadow-filter">
      <!-- Drop Shadow with dx property set to 10 -->
      <feDropShadow
        in="SourceGraphic"
        dx="10"
        dy="10"
        stdDeviation="5"
        flood-color="red" />
    </filter>
  </defs>

  <!-- Rectangle with a red shadow -->
  <rect
    x="20"
    y="20"
    width="100"
    height="100"
    fill="red"
    filter="url(#drop-shadow-filter)" />

  <!-- Circle with a red shadow -->
  <circle
    cx="100"
    cy="100"
    r="50"
    fill="blue"
    filter="url(#drop-shadow-filter)" />
</svg>
const dropShadow = document.querySelector("feDropShadow");

console.log(dropShadow.dx.baseVal); // Output: 10

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
dx 13 79 30 15 6 18 30 14 6 1.0 4.4 6

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SVGFEDropShadowElement/dx