SVGFilterElement: primitiveUnits property

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.

The primitiveUnits read-only property of the SVGFilterElement interface reflects the primitiveUnits attribute of the given <filter> element. It takes one of the SVG_UNIT_TYPE_* constants defined in SVGUnitTypes.

Value

Examples

Accessing the primitiveUnits property

html
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="400" height="200">
  <defs>
    <filter
      id="myFilter"
      primitiveUnits="userSpaceOnUse"
      x="0"
      y="0"
      width="200%"
      height="200%">
      <feGaussianBlur in="SourceGraphic" stdDeviation="15" result="blurred" />
    </filter>
  </defs>
  <rect
    width="200"
    height="200"
    stroke="green"
    stroke-width="10"
    fill="lime"
    filter="url(#myFilter)" />
</svg>
js
const filterElement = document.querySelector("filter");

// Access the primitiveUnits property
console.log(filterElement.primitiveUnits.baseVal); // Output: 1 (SVG_UNIT_TYPE_USERSPACEONUSE)

Specifications

Specification
Filter Effects Module Level 1
# dom-svgfilterelement-primitiveunits

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
primitiveUnits

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Full support
Full support

See also