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fills (Fills)

This element defines the cell fills portion of the Styles part, consisting of a sequence of fill records. A cell fill consists of a background color, foreground color, and pattern to be applied across the cell.

[Example: This cell has a yellow fill:

This is the corresponding XML:

<fill>
<patternFill patternType="solid">
<fgColor rgb="FFFFFF00"/>
<bgColor indexed="64"/>
</patternFill>
</fill>

This cell has a yellow fill with a thin horizontal crosshatch pattern applied (patternType = lightGrid):

This is the corresponding XML:

<fill>
<patternFill patternType="lightGrid">
<bgColor rgb="FFFFFF00"/>
</patternFill>
</fill>

end example]

Parent Elements

styleSheet3.8.39)

 

Child Elements

Subclause

fill (Fill)

§3.8.19

 

Attributes

Description

count (Fill Count)

Count of fill elements.

 

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the XML Schema unsignedInt datatype.

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:

<complexType name="CT_Fills">

   <sequence>

   <element name="fill" type="CT_Fill" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

   </sequence>

   <attribute name="count" type="xsd:unsignedInt" use="optional"/>

</complexType>