<hatch>

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The <hatch> SVG element is used to fill or stroke an object using one or more pre-defined paths that are repeated at fixed intervals in a specified direction to cover the areas to be painted.

Hatches defined by the <hatch> element can then referenced by the fill and stroke CSS properties on a given graphics element to indicate that the given element shall be filled or stroked with the hatch. Paths are defined by <hatchpath> elements.

Usage context

Categories Never-rendered element, Paint server element
Permitted content Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Animation elements
Descriptive elements
<hatchpath>, <script>, <style>

Attributes

Global attributes

Specific attributes

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGHatchElement interface.

Example

SVG

<svg width="200" height="200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <defs>
    <hatch id="hatch" hatchUnits="userSpaceOnUse" pitch="5"
        rotate="135">
      <hatchpath stroke="#a080ff" stroke-width="2"/>
    </hatch>
  </defs>

  <rect fill="url(#hatch)" stroke="black" stroke-width="2"
     x="10%" y="10%" width="80%" height="80%" />
</svg>

Result

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
hatch
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hatchContentUnits
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hatchUnits
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href
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pitch
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rotate
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transform
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y
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See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Element/hatch