This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The paint-order
CSS property lets you control the order in which the fill and stroke (and painting markers) of text content and shapes are drawn.
Syntax
/* Normal */ paint-order: normal; /* Single values */ paint-order: stroke; /* draw the stroke first, then fill and markers */ paint-order: markers; /* draw the markers first, then fill and stroke */ /* Multiple values */ paint-order: stroke fill; /* draw the stroke first, then the fill, then the markers */ paint-order: markers stroke fill; /* draw markers, then stroke, then fill */
If no value is specified, the default paint order is fill
, stroke
, markers
.
When one value is specified, that one is painted first, followed by the other two in their default order relative to one another. When two values are specified, they will be painted in the order they are specified in, followed by the unspecified one.
Note: In the case of this property, markers are only appropriate when drawing SVG shapes involving the use of the marker-*
properties (e.g. marker-start
) and <marker>
element. They do not apply to HTML text, so in that case, you can only determine the order of stroke
and fill
.
Values
normal
- Paint the different items in normal paint order.
stroke
,
fill
,
markers
- Specify some or all of these values in the order you want them to be painted in.
Formal syntax
normal | [ fill || stroke || markers ]
Examples
SVG
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="400" height="200"> <text x="10" y="75">stroke in front</text> <text x="10" y="150" class="stroke-behind">stroke behind</text> </svg>
CSS
text { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 50px; font-weight: bold; fill: black; stroke: red; stroke-width: 4px; } .stroke-behind { paint-order: stroke fill; }
Result
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 The definition of 'paint-order' in that specification. |
Candidate Recommendation | Initial definition. |
Initial value | normal |
---|---|
Applies to | text elements |
Inherited | yes |
Media | visual |
Computed value | as specified |
Animation type | discrete |
Canonical order | the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
paint-order | Chrome Full support 35 | Edge Full support 17 | Firefox Full support 60 | IE No support No | Opera Full support 22 | Safari Full support 8 | WebView Android Full support 37 | Chrome Android Full support 35 | Firefox Android Full support 60 | Opera Android Full support 22 | Safari iOS Full support 8 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 3.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.