fill
The fill
attribute has two different meanings. For shapes and text it's a presentation attribute that defines the color (or any SVG paint servers like gradients or patterns) used to paint the element; for animation it defines the final state of the animation.
You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:
For animation, these elements are using this attribute: <animate>
, <animateMotion>
, <animateTransform>
, and <set>
.
Examples
Basic color and gradient fills, and animation
<svg viewBox="0 0 300 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<!-- Simple color fill -->
<circle cx="50" cy="50" r="40" fill="pink" />
<!-- Fill circle with a gradient -->
<defs>
<radialGradient id="myGradient">
<stop offset="0%" stop-color="pink" />
<stop offset="100%" stop-color="black" />
</radialGradient>
</defs>
<circle cx="150" cy="50" r="40" fill="url(#myGradient)" />
<!--
Keeping the final state of an animated circle
which is a circle with a radius of 40.
-->
<circle cx="250" cy="50" r="20">
<animate
attributeType="XML"
attributeName="r"
from="0"
to="40"
dur="5s"
fill="freeze" />
</circle>
</svg>
context-fill
example
In this example, we define three shapes using <path>
elements, each with a different stroke
and fill
color set on them. We also define a <circle>
element as a marker via the <marker>
element. Each shape has the marker applied via the marker
CSS property.
The <circle>
has stroke="context-stroke"
and fill="context-fill"
set on it. Because it is being set as a marker in the context of the shapes, these attributes cause it to inherit the fill
and stroke
set on the <path>
element in each case.
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 300 90">
<style>
path {
stroke-width: 2px;
marker: url(#circle);
}
</style>
<path d="M 10 44.64 L 30 10 L 70 10 L 90 44.64 L 70 79.28 L 30 79.28 Z"
stroke="red" fill="orange" />
<path d="M 100 44.64 L 80 10 L 120 10 L 140 44.64 L 120 79.28 L 80 79.28 Z"
stroke="green" fill="lightgreen" />
<path d="M 150 44.64 L 130 10 L 170 10 L 190 44.64 L 170 79.28 L 130 79.28 Z"
stroke="blue" fill="lightblue" />
<marker id="circle" markerWidth="12" markerHeight="12"
refX="6" refY="6" markerUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
<circle cx="6" cy="6" r="3" stroke-width="2"
stroke="context-stroke" fill="context-fill" />
</marker>
</svg>
The output is as follows:
Note: Elements can also use context-stroke
and context-fill
to inherit stroke
and fill
values when they are referenced by <use>
elements.
animate
For <animate>
, fill
defines the final state of the animation.
Value | freeze (Keep the state of the last animation frame) | remove (Keep the state of the first animation frame) |
---|---|
Default value | remove |
Animatable | No |
animateMotion
For <animateMotion>
, fill
defines the final state of the animation.
Value | freeze (Keep the state of the last animation frame) | remove (Keep the state of the first animation frame) |
---|---|
Default value | remove |
Animatable | No |
animateTransform
For <animateTransform>
, fill
defines the final state of the animation.
Value | freeze (Keep the state of the last animation frame) | remove (Keep the state of the first animation frame) |
---|---|
Default value | remove |
Animatable | No |
circle
ellipse
path
polygon
polyline
For <polyline>
, fill
is a presentation attribute that defines the color of the interior of the shape. (Interior is define by the fill-rule
attribute)
Value | <paint> |
---|---|
Default value | black |
Animatable | Yes |
Note: As a presentation attribute fill
can be used as a CSS property.
rect
set
For <set>
, fill
defines the final state of the animation.
Value | freeze (Keep the state of the last animation frame) | remove (Keep the state of the first animation frame) |
---|---|
Default value | remove |
Animatable | No |
text
textPath
For <textPath>
, fill
is a presentation attribute that defines the color of the text.
Value | <paint> |
---|---|
Default value | black |
Animatable | Yes |
Note: As a presentation attribute fill
can be used as a CSS property.
tref
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Specifications
Specification |
---|
SVG Animations Level 2 # FillAttribute |
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # SpecifyingFillPaint |
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