Path Decorations

Path decorations are elements that accept a path as input and generate one or more shapes that follow that path.

All path decoration functions support the following style keys:

start:

ratio or length

Default: 0%

Absolute or relative start of the decoration on the path.

end:

ratio or length

Default: 100%

Absolute or relative end of the decoration on the path.

rest:

str

Default: LINE

If set to "LINE", generate lines between the path's start/end and the decoration's start/end if the path is not closed.

width:

number

Default: 1

Width or thickness of the decoration.

segments:

int

Default: 10

The number of repetitions/phases to generate. This key is ignored if segment-length is not none

segment-length:

none or number

Default: none

Length of one repetion/phase of the decoration.

align:

str

Default: 'START'

Alignment of the decoration on the path if segment-length is set and the decoration does not fill up the full range between start and stop. Can be one of "START", "MID", "END.