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SVGFETurbulenceElement: type 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 type read-only property of the SVGFETurbulenceElement interface reflects the type attribute of the given <feTurbulence> element. It takes one of the SVG_TURBULENCE_TYPE_* constants defined on this interface.

Value

An SVGAnimatedEnumeration object.

Examples

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Accessing the type 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"
        result="turbulence" />
    </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 type property
console.log(turbulenceElement.type.baseVal); // Output: 1 (SVG_TURBULENCE_TYPE_FRACTALNOISE)

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
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/SVGFETurbulenceElement/type