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patternFill (Pattern)

This element is used to specify cell fill information for pattern and solid color cell fills. For solid cell fills (no pattern), fgColor is used. For cell fills with patterns specified, then the cell fill color is specified by the bgColor element.

Parent Elements

fill3.8.19)

 

Child Elements

Subclause

bgColor (Background Color)

§3.8.3

fgColor (Foreground Color)

§3.8.18

 

Attributes

Description

patternType (Pattern Type)

Specifies the fill pattern type (including solid and none) Default is none, when missing.

 

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_PatternType simple type (§3.18.57).

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

<complexType name="CT_PatternFill">

   <sequence>

   <element name="fgColor" type="CT_Color" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>

   <element name="bgColor" type="CT_Color" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>

   </sequence>

   <attribute name="patternType" type="ST_PatternType" use="optional"/>

</complexType>