SVGFEColorMatrixElement: type 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 type read-only property of the SVGFEColorMatrixElement interface reflects the type attribute of the given element. It takes one of the SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_* constants defined on this interface.

Value

Examples

Accessing the type property

html
<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="https://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <filter id="color-matrix-filter">
    <feColorMatrix
      type="matrix"
      values="1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0" />
    <feColorMatrix type="saturate" values="0.5" />
  </filter>
  <rect
    x="20"
    y="20"
    width="100"
    height="100"
    fill="red"
    filter="url(#color-matrix-filter)" />
  <circle
    cx="100"
    cy="100"
    r="50"
    fill="blue"
    filter="url(#color-matrix-filter)" />
</svg>
js
const colorMatrices = document.querySelectorAll("feColorMatrix");
console.log(colorMatrices[0].type.baseVal); // Output: 1 (SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_MATRIX)
console.log(colorMatrices[1].type.baseVal); // Output: 2 (SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_SATURATE)

Specifications

Specification
Filter Effects Module Level 1
# dom-svgfecolormatrixelement-type

Browser compatibility