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<feImage>

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.

* 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.)

Usage context

Categories Filter primitive element
Permitted content Any number of the following elements, in any order:
<animate>, <animateTransform>, <discard>, <set>

Attributes

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGFEImageElement interface.

Example

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SVG

<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>

Result

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
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

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Reference/Element/feImage