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Property listing¶

This page lists the supported rendering properties. See CSS value types for more information about the value types for each.

Point symbology¶

Property	Type	Meaning	Accepts Expression?
`mark`	url, symbol	The image or well-known shape to render for points	yes
`mark-composite`	string	The composite mode to be used and the optional opacity separated with a comma. See the full list of available modes.	no
`mark-mime`	string (MIME Type)	The type of the image referenced by a url()	No, defaults to ‘image/jpeg’
`mark-geometry`	expression	An expression to use for the geometry when rendering features	yes
`mark-size`	length	The width to assume for the provided image. The height will be adjusted to preserve the source aspect ratio.	yes
`mark-rotation`	angle	A rotation to be applied (clockwise) to the mark image.	yes
`z-index`	integer	Controls the z ordering of output	no
`mark-label-obstacle`	boolean	If true the point symbol will be considered an obstacle for labels, no label will overlap it	no
`mark-anchor`	expression	The part of the mark to place over the point or middle of the polygon. This takes 2 values - x y where x=0 is the left edge of the label, x=1 is the right edge. y=0 is the bottom edge of the label, y=1 is the top edge. Specify 0.5 0.5 to centre a label.	yes
`mark-offset`	expression	This is for fine-tuning mark-anchor. x and y values specify pixel offsets to adjust the mark position.	yes

Line symbology¶

Property	Type	Meaning	Accepts Expression?
`stroke`	color, url, symbol	The color, graphic, or well-known shape to use to stroke lines or outlines	yes
`stroke-composite`	string	The composite mode to be used and the optional opacity separated with a comma. See the full list of available modes.	no
`stroke-geometry`	expression	An expression to use for the geometry when rendering features.	yes
`stroke-offset`	expression	Draws a parallel line using the specified distance, positive values offset left, negative right.	yes
`stroke-mime`	string (MIME Type)	The type of the image referenced by a url()	No, defaults to ‘image/jpeg’
`stroke-opacity`	percentage	A value in the range of 0 (fully transparent) to 1.0 (fully opaque)	yes
`stroke-width`	length	The width to use for stroking the line.	yes
`stroke-size`	length	An image or symbol used for the stroke pattern will be stretched or squashed to this size before rendering. If this value differs from the stroke-width, the graphic will be repeated or clipped as needed.	yes
`stroke-rotation`	angle	A rotation to be applied (clockwise) to the stroke image. See also the stroke- repeat property.	yes
`stroke-linecap`	keyword: butt, square, round	The style to apply to the ends of lines drawn	yes
`stroke-linejoin`	keyword: miter, round, bevel	The style to apply to the “elbows” where segments of multi-line features meet.	yes
`stroke-dasharray`	list of lengths	The lengths of segments to use in a dashed line.	no
`stroke-dashoffset`	length	How far to offset the dash pattern from the ends of the lines.	yes\|
`stroke-repeat`	keyword: repeat, stipple	How to use the provided graphic to paint the line. If repeat, then the graphic is repeatedly painted along the length of the line (rotated appropriately to match the line’s direction). If stipple, then the line is treated as a polygon to be filled.	yes
`z-index`	integer	Controls the z ordering of output	no
`stroke-label-obstacle`	boolean	If true the line will be considered an obstacle for labels, no label will overlap it	no

Polygon symbology¶

Property	Type	Meaning	Accepts Expression?
`fill`	color, url, symbol	The color, graphic, or well-known shape to use to stroke lines or outlines	yes
`fill-composite`	string	The composite mode to be used and the optional opacity separated with a comma. See the full list of available modes.	no
`fill-geometry`	expression	An expression to use for the geometry when rendering features.	yes
`fill-mime`	string (MIME Type)	The type of the image referenced by a url()	No, defaults to ‘image/jpeg’
`fill-opacity`	percentage	A value in the range of 0 (fully transparent) to 1.0 (fully opaque)	yes
`fill-size`	length	The width to assume for the image or graphic provided.	yes
`fill-rotation`	angle	A rotation to be applied (clockwise) to the fill image.	yes
`z-index`	integer	Controls the z ordering of output	no
`fill-label-obstacle`	boolean	If true the polygon will be considered an obstacle for labels, no label will overlap it	no
`graphic-margin`	List of lengths	A list of 1 to 4 values, specifying the space between repeated graphics in a texture paint. One value is uniform spacing in all directions, two values are considered top/bottom and right/left, three values are considered top, right/left, bottom, four values are read as top,right,bottom,left.	no
`random`	none,grid,free	Activates random distribution of symbols in a texture fill tile. See Fills with randomized symbols for details. Defaults to “none”	no
`random-seed`	integer number	The seed for the random generator. Defaults to 0	no
`random-rotation`	none/free	When set to “free” activates random rotation of the symbol in addition to random distribution. Defaults to “none”	no
`random-symbol-count`	positive integer number	Number of symbols to be placed in the texture fill tile. May not be respected due to location conflicts (no two symbols are allowed to overlap). Defaults to 16.	no
`random-tile-size`	positive integer number	Size of the texture paint tile that will be filled with the random symbols. Defaults to 256.	no

Text symbology (labelling) - part 1¶

Property	Type	Meaning	Accepts Expression?
`label`	string	The text to display as labels for features	yes
`label-geometry`	expression	An expression to use for the geometry when rendering features.	yes
`label-anchor`	expression	The part of the label to place over the point or middle of the polygon. This takes 2 values - x y where x=0 is the left edge of the label, x=1 is the right edge. y=0 is the bottom edge of the label, y=1 is the top edge. Specify 0.5 0.5 to centre a label.	yes
`label-offset`	expression	This is for fine-tuning label-anchor. x and y values specify pixels to adjust the label position. For lines, a single value will make the label be parallel to the line, at the given distance, while two values will force a point style placement, with the label painted horizontally at the center of the line (plus the given offsets)	yes
`label-rotation`	expression	Clockwise rotation of label in degrees.	yes
`label-z-index`	expression	Used to determine which labels are drawn on top of other labels. Lower z-indexes are drawn on top.	yes
`shield`	mark, symbol	A graphic to display behind the label, such as a highway shield.	yes
`shield-mime`	string (MIME Type)	The type of the image referenced by a url()	No, defaults to ‘image/jpeg’
`shield-placement`	one of `label`, `independent`, defaults to `label`	Placement of the shield relative to the label. The default is `label`, meaning the shield will move along with the label and be centered with it (classic road shield). `independent` places the shield independently instead, using its own anchor and offset properties. The latter is useful to build “point and label” compositions (e.g., city labels) so that the point won’t show up if the label does not (as an alternative to a mark and label setup, where the mark will always show up).	no
`shield-anchor`	expression	The part of the shield to place over the point or middle of the polygon. This takes 2 values - x y where x=0 is the left edge of the label, x=1 is the right edge. y=0 is the bottom edge of the label, y=1 is the top edge. Specify 0.5 0.5 to centre a label. This property activates only if the `shield-placement` one is set to `independent`, otherwise the shield will be centered with the label.	yes
`shield-offset`	expression	This is for fine-tuning shield-anchor. x and y values specify pixels to adjust the shield position. This property activates only if the `shield-placement` one is set to `independent`, otherwise the shield will be centered with the label.	yes
`font-family`	string	The name of the font or font family to use for labels	yes
`font-fill`	fill	The fill to use when rendering fonts	yes
`font-style`	keyword: normal, italic, oblique	The style for the lettering	yes
`font-weight`	keyword: normal, bold	The weight for the lettering	yes
`font-size`	length	The size for the font to display.	yes
`font-opacity`	percentage	The opacity of the text, from 0 (fully transparent) to 1.0 (fully opaque).	yes
`halo-radius`	length	The size of a halo to display around the lettering (to enhance readability). This is required to activate the halo feature.	yes
`halo-color`	color	The color for the halo	yes
`halo-opacity`	percentage	The opacity of the halo, from 0 (fully transparent) to 1.0 (fully opaque).	yes
`label-padding`	length	The amount of ‘padding’ space to provide around labels. Labels will not be rendered closer together than this threshold. This is equivalent to the spaceAround vendor parameter.	no
`label-group`	one of: `true` or `false`	If true, the render will treat features with the same label text as a single feature for the purpose of labelling. This is equivalent to the group vendor parameter.	no
`label-max-displacement`	length	If set, this is the maximum displacement that the renderer will apply to a label. Labels that need larger displacements to avoid collisions will simply be omitted. This is equivalent to the maxDisplacement vendor parameter.	no

Text symbology (labelling) - part 2¶

Property	Type	Meaning	Accepts Expression?
`label-min-group-distance`	length	This is equivalent to the minGroupDistance vendor parameter in SLD.	no
`label-repeat`	length	If set, the renderer will repeat labels at this interval along a line. This is equivalent to the repeat vendor parameter.	no
`label-all-group`	one of `true` or `false`	when using grouping, whether to label only the longest line that could be built by merging the lines forming the group, or also the other ones. This is equivalent to the allGroup vendor parameter.	no
`label-remove-overlaps`	one of `true` or `false`	If enabled, the renderer will remove overlapping lines within a group to avoid duplicate labels. This is equivalent to the removeOverlaps vendor parameter.	no
`label-allow-overruns`	one of `true` or `false`	Determines whether the renderer will show labels that are longer than the lines being labelled. This is equivalent to the allowOverrun vendor parameter.	no
`label-follow-line`	one of `true` or `false`	If enabled, the render will curve labels to follow the lines being labelled. This is equivalent to the followLine vendor parameter.	no
`label-max-angle-delta`	one of `true` or `false`	The maximum amount of curve allowed between two characters of a label; only applies when ‘follow-line: true’ is set. This is equivalent to the maxAngleDelta vendor parameter.	no
`label-auto-wrap`	length	Labels will be wrapped to multiple lines if they exceed this length in pixels. This is equivalent to the autoWrap vendor parameter.	no
`label-force-ltr`	one of `true` or `false`	By default, the renderer will flip labels whose normal orientation would cause them to be upside-down. Set this parameter to false if you are using some icon character label like an arrow to show a line’s direction. This is equivalent to the forceLeftToRight vendor parameter.	no
`label-conflict-resolution`	one of `true` or `false`	Set this to false to disable label conflict resolution, allowing overlapping labels to be rendered. This is equivalent to the conflictResolution vendor parameter.	no
`label-fit-goodness`	scale	The renderer will omit labels that fall below this “match quality” score. The scoring rules differ for each geometry type. This is equivalent to the goodnessOfFit vendor parameter.	no
`label-priority`	expression	Specifies an expression to use in determining which features to prefer if there are labelling conflicts. This is equivalent to the Priority SLD extension.	yes

Text symbology (labelling) - part 3¶

Property	Type	Meaning	Accepts Expression?
`shield-resize`	string, one of `none`, `stretch`, or `proportional`	Specifies a mode for resizing label graphics (such as highway shields) to fit the text of the label. The default mode, ‘none’, never modifies the label graphic. In `stretch` mode, GeoServer will resize the graphic to exactly surround the label text, possibly modifying the image’s aspect ratio. In `proportional` mode, GeoServer will expand the image to be large enough to surround the text while preserving its original aspect ratio.	none
`shield-margin`	list of lengths, one to four elements long.	Specifies an extra margin (in pixels) to be applied to the label text when calculating label dimensions for use with the `shield-resize` option. Similar to the `margin` shorthand property in CSS for HTML, its interpretation varies depending on how many margin values are provided: 1 = use that margin length on all sides of the label 2 = use the first for top & bottom margins and the second for left & right margins. 3 = use the first for the top margin, second for left & right margins, third for the bottom margin. 4 = use the first for the top margin, second for the right margin, third for the bottom margin, and fourth for the left margin.	none
`label-underline-text`	one of `true` or `false`	If enabled, the renderer will underline labels. This is equivalent to the underlineText vendor parameter.	no
`label-strikethrough-text`	one of `true` or `false`	If enabled, the renderer will strikethrough labels. This is equivalent to the strikethroughText vendor parameter.	no
`label-char-spacing`	an amount of pixels, can be negative	If present, expands or shrinks the space between subsequent characters in a label according to the value specified	no
`label-word-spacing`	an amount of pixels, must be zero or positive	If present, expands the space between subsequent words in a label according to the value specified	no

Raster symbology¶

Property	Type	Meaning	Accepts Expression?
`raster-channels`	string	The list of raster channels to be used in the output. It can be “auto” to make the renderer choose the best course of action, or a list of band numbers, a single one will generate a gray image, three will generate an RGB one, four will generate a RGBA one. E.g., “1 3 7” to choose the first, third and seventh band of the input raster to make an RGB image	no
`raster-composite`	string	The composite mode to be used and the optional opacity separated with a comma. See the full list of available modes.	no
`raster-geometry`	expression	The attribute containing the raster to be painted. Normally not needed, but it would work if you had a custom vector data source that contains a GridCoverage attribute, in order to select it	yes
`raster-opacity`	floating point	A value comprised between 0 and 1, 0 meaning completely transparent, 1 meaning completely opaque. This controls the whole raster transparency.	no
`raster-contrast-enhancement`	string	Allows to stretch the range of data/colors in order to enhance tiny differences. Possible values are ‘normalize’, ‘histogram’ and ‘none’	no
`raster-gamma`	floating point	Gamma adjustment for the output raster	no
`raster-z-index`	integer	Controls the z ordering of the raster output	no
`raster-color-map`	string	Applies a color map to single banded input. The contents are a space separate list of `color-map-entry(color, value)` (opacity assumed to be 1 and label will have a null value), or `color-map-entry(color, value, opacity, label)`. The values must be provided in increasing order.	no
`raster-color-map-type`	string	Controls how the color map entries are interpreted, the possible values are “ramp”, “intervals” and “values”, with ramp being the default if no “raster-color-map-type” is provided. The default “ramp” behavior is to linearly interpolate color between the provided values, and assign the lowest color to all values below the lowest value, and the highest color to all values above the highest value. The “intervals” behavior instead assigns solid colors between values, whilst “values” only assigns colors to the specified values, every other value in the raster is not painted at all	no

Shared¶

Property	Type	Meaning	Accepts Expression?
`composite`	string	The composite mode to be used and the optional opacity separated with a comma. See the full list of available modes.	no
`composite-base`	one of `true` or `false`	This will tell the rendering engine to use that FeatureTypeStyle as the destination, and will compose all subsequent FeatureTypeStyle/Layers on top of it, until another base is found.	no
`geometry`	expression	An expression to use for the geometry when rendering features. This provides a geometry for all types of symbology, but can be overridden by the symbol-specific geometry properties.	yes
`sort-by`	string	A comma separated list of sorting directives, “att1 A\|D, att2 A\|D, …” where `att?` are attribute names, and `A` or `D` are an optional direction specification, `A` is ascending, `D` is descending. Determines the loading, and thus painting, order of the features	no
`sort-by-group`	string	Rules with the different z-index but same sort-by-group id have their features sorted as a single group. Useful to z-order across layers or across different feature groups, like roads and rails, especially when using z-index to support casing	no
`transform`	function	Applies a rendering transformation on the current level. The function syntax is `txName(key1:value1,key1:value2)`. Values can be single ones, or space separated lists.	no

Symbol properties¶

These properties are applied only when styling built-in symbols. See Styled marks for details.

Property	Type	Meaning	Accepts Expression?
`size`	length	The size at which to render the symbol.	yes
`rotation`	angle	An angle through which to rotate the symbol.	yes

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