The paint-order attribute specifies the order that the fill, stroke, and markers of a given shape or text element are painted.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

• <circle>
• <ellipse>
• <line>
• <path>
• <polygon>
• <polyline>
• <rect>
• <text>
• <textPath>
• <tspan>

Usage notes

normal

This value indicates that the fill will be painted first, then the stroke, and finally the markers.

[ fill || stroke || markers ]

The order of these three keywords indicates the order in which the painting happens, from left to right. If any of the three painting components is omitted, they will be painted in their default order after the specified components. For example, using stroke is equivalent to stroke fill markers.

Example

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="400" height="200">
  <linearGradient id="g" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="1">
    <stop stop-color="#888888" />
    <stop stop-color="#cccccc" offset="1" />
  </linearGradient>
  <rect width="400" height="200" fill="url(#g)" />
  <g
    fill="crimson"
    stroke="white"
    stroke-width="6"
    stroke-linejoin="round"
    text-anchor="middle"
    font-family="sans-serif"
    font-size="50px"
    font-weight="bold">
    <text x="200" y="75">stroke over</text>
    <text x="200" y="150" paint-order="stroke" id="stroke-under">
      stroke under
    </text>
  </g>
</svg>

The example would be rendered as follows:

The stroke under effect could be achieved via the following CSS property:

#stroke-under {
  paint-order: stroke;
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility