This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.
The <feImage> SVG filter primitive fetches image data from an external source and provides the pixel data as output (meaning if the external source is an SVG image, it is rasterized.)
| Categories | Filter primitive element |
|---|---|
| Permitted content | Any number of the following elements, in any order:<animate>, <animateTransform>, <discard>, <set>
|
crossoriginfetchpriority Experimental
preserveAspectRatioxlink:href Deprecated
This element implements the SVGFEImageElement interface.
<svg
viewBox="0 0 200 200"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
width="200"
height="200">
<defs>
<filter id="image">
<feImage href="mdn_logo_only_color.png" />
</filter>
</defs>
<rect x="10%" y="10%" width="80%" height="80%" filter="url(#image)" />
</svg>
| Specification |
|---|
| Filter Effects Module Level 1> # feImageElement> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
feImage |
5 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 10.1 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
crossorigin |
No | No | 114 | No | No | No | 114 | No | No | No | No | No |
fetchpriority |
No | No | 140 | No | No | No | 140 | No | No | No | No | No |
href |
5 | 12 | 3Document fragments (including references to fragments in the current document) are not supported (see bug 455986). |
15 | 6 | 18 | 4Document fragments (including references to fragments in the current document) are not supported (see bug 455986). |
14 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
preserveAspectRatio |
5 | 79 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
xlink_href |
5 | 12 | 4Document fragments (including references to fragments in the current document) are not supported (see bug 455986). |
9 | 6 | 18 | 4Document fragments (including references to fragments in the current document) are not supported (see bug 455986). |
14 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
flood-color attributeflood-opacity attribute<filter><animate><animateTransform><set><feBlend><feColorMatrix><feComponentTransfer><feComposite><feConvolveMatrix><feDiffuseLighting><feDisplacementMap><feFlood><feGaussianBlur><feMerge><feMorphology><feOffset><feSpecularLighting><feTile><feTurbulence>fetchpriority attribute
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Reference/Element/feImage