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<pattern>

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 <pattern> SVG element defines a graphics object which can be redrawn at repeated x- and y-coordinate intervals ("tiled") to cover an area.

The <pattern> is referenced by the fill and/or stroke attributes on other graphics elements to fill or stroke those elements with the referenced pattern.

Usage context

CategoriesContainer element
Permitted contentAny number of the following elements, in any order:
Animation elements
Descriptive elements
Gradient elements
Shape elements
Structural elements
<a>, <clipPath>, <filter>, <foreignObject>, <image>, <marker>, <mask>, <script>, <style>, <switch>, <text>, <view>

Attributes

height

This attribute determines the height of the pattern tile. Value type: <length>; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes

href

This attribute reference a template pattern that provides default values for the <pattern> attributes. Value type: <URL>; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

patternContentUnits

This attribute defines the coordinate system for the contents of the <pattern>. Value type: userSpaceOnUse | objectBoundingBox; Default value: userSpaceOnUse; Animatable: yes

Note: This attribute has no effect if a viewBox attribute is specified on the <pattern> element.

patternTransform

This attribute contains the definition of an optional additional transformation from the pattern coordinate system onto the target coordinate system. Value type: <transform-list>; Default value: identity transform; Animatable: yes

patternUnits

This attribute defines the coordinate system for attributes x, y, width, and height. Value type: userSpaceOnUse | objectBoundingBox; Default value: objectBoundingBox; Animatable: yes

preserveAspectRatio

This attribute defines how the SVG fragment must be deformed if it is embedded in a container with a different aspect ratio. Value type: (none | xMinYMin | xMidYMin | xMaxYMin | xMinYMid | xMidYMid | xMaxYMid | xMinYMax | xMidYMax | xMaxYMax) (meet | slice)?; Default value: xMidYMid meet; Animatable: yes

viewBox

This attribute defines the bound of the SVG viewport for the pattern fragment. Value type: <list-of-numbers>; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

width

This attribute determines the width of the pattern tile. Value type: <length>; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes

x

This attribute determines the x coordinate shift of the pattern tile. Value type: <length>; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes

xlink:href

This attribute references a template pattern that provides default values for the <pattern> attributes. Value type: <URL>; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

Note: For browsers implementing href, if both href and xlink:href are set, xlink:href will be ignored and only href will be used.

y

This attribute determines the y coordinate shift of the pattern tile. Value type: <length>; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGPatternElement interface.

Examples

html
<svg viewBox="0 0 230 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <defs>
    <pattern id="star" viewBox="0,0,10,10" width="10%" height="10%">
      <polygon points="0,0 2,5 0,10 5,8 10,10 8,5 10,0 5,2" />
    </pattern>
  </defs>

  <circle cx="50" cy="50" r="50" fill="url(#star)" />
  <circle
    cx="180"
    cy="50"
    r="40"
    fill="none"
    stroke-width="20"
    stroke="url(#star)" />
</svg>

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# PatternElement

Browser compatibility

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