This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The seed read-only property of the SVGFETurbulenceElement interface reflects the seed attribute of the given <feTurbulence> element.
It sets a numeric seed for the random generation of the fractal noise or turbulence effect.
An SVGAnimatedNumber object.
seed property<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<defs>
<filter id="turbulenceFilter">
<feTurbulence
type="fractalNoise"
baseFrequency="0.05"
numOctaves="3"
seed="1234" />
</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 seed property
console.log(turbulenceElement.seed.baseVal); // Output: 1234
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
seed |
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/SVGFETurbulenceElement/seed