This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since October 2018.
The <feDistantLight> SVG filter primitive defines a distant light source that can be used within a lighting filter primitive: <feDiffuseLighting> or <feSpecularLighting>.
Like other filter primitives, it handles color components in the linearRGB color space by default. You can use color-interpolation-filters to use sRGB instead.
This element implements the SVGFEDistantLightElement interface.
| Specification |
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| Filter Effects Module Level 1> # feDistantLightElement> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
feDistantLight |
5 | ≤18 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
azimuth |
5 | 79 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
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/Element/feDistantLight