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title: clip-rule
slug: Web/SVG/Attribute/clip-rule
page-type: svg-attribute
tags:
  - SVG
  - SVG Attribute
browser-compat: svg.attributes.presentation.clip-rule

---

{{SVGRef}}

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The clip-rule attribute only applies to graphics elements that are contained within a {{ SVGElement("clipPath") }} element. The clip-rule attribute basically works as the {{ SVGAttr("fill-rule") }} attribute, except that it applies to {{ SVGElement("clipPath") }} definitions.

The following fragment of code will cause an evenodd clipping rule to be applied to the clipping path because clip-rule is specified on the {{ SVGElement("path") }} element that defines the clipping shape:

<g>
  <clipPath id="MyClip">
    <path d="..." clip-rule="evenodd" />
  </clipPath>
  <rect clip-path="url(#MyClip)" ... />
</g>

whereas the following fragment of code will not cause an evenodd clipping rule to be applied because the clip-rule is specified on the referencing element, not on the object defining the clipping shape:

<g>
  <clipPath id="MyClip">
    <path d="..." />
  </clipPath>
  <rect clip-path="url(#MyClip)" clip-rule="evenodd" ... />
</g>

As a presentation attribute, it also can be used as a property directly inside a CSS stylesheet

Usage notes

Value	nonzero | evenodd | inherit
Default value	nonzero
Animatable	Yes

• nonzero

  • : See description of {{ SVGAttr("fill-rule") }} property.

• evenodd

  • : See description of {{ SVGAttr("fill-rule") }} property.

Example

<svg
  width="100"
  viewBox="0 0 100 90"
  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
  version="1.1">
  <!-- Define star path -->
  <defs>
    <path d="M50,0 21,90 98,35 2,35 79,90z" id="star" />
  </defs>

  <!-- Left: evenodd -->
  <clipPath id="emptyStar">
    <use xlink:href="#star" clip-rule="evenodd" />
  </clipPath>
  <rect clip-path="url(#emptyStar)" width="50" height="90" fill="blue" />

  <!-- Right: nonzero -->
  <clipPath id="filledStar">
    <use xlink:href="#star" clip-rule="nonzero" />
  </clipPath>
  <rect clip-path="url(#filledStar)" width="50" height="90" x="50" fill="red" />
</svg>

{{ EmbedLiveSample('Example', '100%', '110') }}

Elements

The following elements can use the clip-rule attribute, but only if they are inside a {{ SVGElement("clipPath") }} element.

• Graphical elements »

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

• {{ SVGElement("clipPath") }}