SVGFESpotLightElement: z property

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The z read-only property of the {{domxref("SVGFESpotLightElement")}} interface describes the z-axis value of the position of an SVG filter primitive as a {{domxref("SVGAnimatedNumber")}}. A positive Z-axis comes out towards the person viewing the content.

It reflects the {{SVGAttr("z")}} attribute of the {{SVGElement("feSpotLight")}} element, which can be used to define the light source in a spotlight effect. The attribute is a <number>. The default value is 0.

Value

An {{domxref("SVGAnimatedNumber")}}.

Example

const feSpotLight = document.querySelector("feSpotLight");
const zVal = feSpotLight.z;
console.log(zVal.baseVal.value); // the `z` value

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("SVGFESpotLightElement.x")}}
• {{domxref("SVGFESpotLightElement.y")}}
• {{domxref("SVGFEDistantLightElement")}}
• {{domxref("SVGFEPointLightElement")}}