This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The href read-only property of the SVGPatternElement interface reflects the href or xlink:href Deprecated attribute of the given element.
An SVGAnimatedString object.
The example demonstrates how the href attribute in the <pattern> element references another pattern (#basePattern) to apply its design to a rectangle.
<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<defs>
<!-- First pattern definition -->
<pattern
id="basePattern"
width="20"
height="20"
patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
<circle cx="10" cy="10" r="10" fill="blue" />
</pattern>
<!-- Second pattern referencing the first -->
<pattern id="pattern1" href="#basePattern" />
</defs>
<rect x="50" y="50" width="100" height="100" fill="url(#pattern1)" />
</svg>
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
href |
1 | 12 | 3 | ≤12.1 | 3 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SVGPatternElement/href