The type
attribute is a generic attribute and it has different meaning based on the context in which it's used.
- For the
<animateTransform>
element, it defines the type of transformation, whose values change over time. - For the
<feColorMatrix>
element, it indicates the type of matrix operation. The keywordmatrix
indicates that a full 5x4 matrix of values will be provided. The other keywords represent convenience shortcuts to allow commonly used color operations to be performed without specifying a complete matrix. - For the
<feFuncR>
,<feFuncG>
,<feFuncB>
, and<feFuncA>
elements, it Indicates the type of component transfer function. - For the
<feTurbulence>
element, it indicates whether the filter primitive should perform a noise or turbulence function. - For the
<style>
and<script>
elements, it defines the content type of the element.
You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements: