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SVGFETurbulenceElement: baseFrequencyX 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 baseFrequencyX read-only property of the SVGFETurbulenceElement interface reflects the X component of the baseFrequency attribute of the given <feTurbulence> element.

Value

An SVGAnimatedInteger object.

Examples

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Accessing the baseFrequencyX property

<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <defs>
    <filter id="turbulenceFilter">
      <feTurbulence
        type="fractalNoise"
        baseFrequency="0.5 0.25"
        numOctaves="4" />
    </filter>
  </defs>

  <rect
    x="20"
    y="20"
    width="160"
    height="160"
    fill="lightblue"
    filter="url(#turbulenceFilter)" />
</svg>
// Select the feTurbulence element
const turbulenceElement = document.querySelector("feTurbulence");

// Access the baseFrequencyX property
console.log(turbulenceElement.baseFrequencyX.baseVal); // Output: 0.5

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
baseFrequencyX 5 12 3 ≤12.1 6 18 4 ≤12.1 6 1.0 4.4 6

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