This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The SVGFilterElement interface provides access to the properties of <filter> elements, as well as methods to manipulate them.
SVGFilterElement.href Read only
An SVGAnimatedString that corresponds to the href or xlink:href Deprecated attribute of the given <filter> element.
SVGFilterElement.filterUnits Read only
An SVGAnimatedEnumeration that corresponds to the filterUnits attribute of the given <filter> element. Takes one of the constants defined in SVGUnitTypes.
SVGFilterElement.primitiveUnits Read only
An SVGAnimatedEnumeration that corresponds to the primitiveUnits attribute of the given <filter> element. Takes one of the constants defined in SVGUnitTypes.
SVGFilterElement.x Read only
An SVGAnimatedLength that corresponds to the x attribute on the given <filter> element.
SVGFilterElement.y Read only
An SVGAnimatedLength that corresponds to the y attribute of the given <filter> element.
SVGFilterElement.width Read only
An SVGAnimatedLength that corresponds to the width attribute of the given <filter> element.
SVGFilterElement.height Read only
An SVGAnimatedLength that corresponds to the height attribute of the given <filter> element.
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
SVGFilterElement |
5 | 12 | 3 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
filterUnits |
5 | 12 | 3 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
height |
5 | 12 | 3 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
href |
5 | 12 | 3 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
primitiveUnits |
5 | 12 | 3 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
width |
5 | 12 | 3 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
x |
5 | 12 | 3 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
y |
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/SVGFilterElement