SVGPatternElement: href 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 href read-only property of the SVGPatternElement interface reflects the href or xlink:href Deprecated attribute of the given element.

Value

An SVGAnimatedString object.

Examples

The example demonstrates how the href attribute in the <pattern> element references another pattern (#basePattern) to apply its design to a rectangle.

html
<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <defs> <!-- First pattern definition --> <pattern id="basePattern" width="20" height="20" patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse"> <circle cx="10" cy="10" r="10" fill="blue" /> </pattern> <!-- Second pattern referencing the first --> <pattern id="pattern1" href="#basePattern" /> </defs> <rect x="50" y="50" width="100" height="100" fill="url(#pattern1)" /> </svg> 

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# __svg__SVGURIReference__href

Browser compatibility