SVGFEMorphologyElement: operator 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 operator read-only property of the SVGFEMorphologyElement interface reflects the operator attribute of the given <feMorphology> element. It takes one of the SVG_MORPHOLOGY_OPERATOR_* constants defined on this interface.

Value

An SVGAnimatedEnumeration object.

Examples

Accessing the operator Property

html
<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <defs> <filter id="morphologyFilter"> <!-- Applies a morphology filter with the "dilate" operator --> <feMorphology in="SourceGraphic" operator="dilate" radius="3" /> </filter> </defs> <rect x="20" y="20" width="100" height="100" fill="lightblue" filter="url(#morphologyFilter)" /> </svg> 
js
// Select the feMorphology element const morphologyNode = document.querySelector("feMorphology"); // Access the 'operator' property const operatorEnum = morphologyNode.operator.baseVal; console.log(operatorEnum); // Output: 2 (SVG_MORPHOLOGY_OPERATOR_DILATE) 

Specifications

Specification
Filter Effects Module Level 1
# dom-svgfemorphologyelement-operator

Browser compatibility

See also