Selecting a Pattern by Type
Syntax: <overlay type="pattern-name" …/>
Example: <overlay rule="@ref='true'"
type="striped-diag-up" label="Reference Compo­nent" />
Use: Specifies the name of pattern to use under specific
criteria.
The type
attribute specifies the name of a well-known
pattern. The valid values of type
are radial-grad
,
striped-diag-up
and big-X
. The
radial-grad
type creates a circular gradient that is white in the
middle and transparent at the outer edge. The striped-diag-up
type
is a set of white diagonal stripes at a 45° angle from the lower-left to
upper-right. The big-X
type is a dark grey X in the centre of the
component.
The following are the built-in pattern types: