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SVGFilterElement

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 SVGFilterElement interface provides access to the properties of <filter> elements, as well as methods to manipulate them.

EventTarget Node Element SVGElement SVGFilterElement

Instance properties

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.

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
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

See also

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