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elevation

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨January 2020⁩.

The elevation attribute specifies the direction angle for the light source from the XY plane towards the Z-axis, in degrees. Note that the positive Z-axis points towards the viewer of the content.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

<feDistantLight>

Example

<svg viewBox="0 0 440 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <filter id="distantLight1">
    <feDiffuseLighting>
      <feDistantLight elevation="0" />
    </feDiffuseLighting>
  </filter>
  <filter id="distantLight2">
    <feDiffuseLighting>
      <feDistantLight elevation="45" />
    </feDiffuseLighting>
  </filter>

  <circle cx="100" cy="100" r="80" filter="url(#distantLight1)" />
  <circle cx="340" cy="100" r="80" filter="url(#distantLight2)" />
</svg>

Usage notes

Value	`<number>`
Default value	0
Animatable	Yes

Specifications

Specification
Filter Effects Module Level 1> # element-attrdef-fedistantlight-elevation>

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
`elevation`	5	79	3	15	6	18	4	14	6	1.0	4.4	6

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Reference/Attribute/elevation