Have you set Store transforms to Preserve?
No. By default fill is transformed together with the rect. This is what happens now when you set Store transforms to Preserve.
Eventually this will be the default that will work in all modes. You'll be able to turn it off if you wish but this is the default behavior. And it works now if you set Store transforms to Preserve.
I'll answer this, as soon as I know what this "store transform" is and where I can change it... but still I got the feeling, it has the wrong default.
The image may have its own transparency, such as alpha shannel in PNG.
I know and actually I tried it with such an image (see the sunflower I used in my last attachment?, but still... If I have a transparent image in a recta patternfill, I see the stuff obejects underneath, just as I would expect it to be.
No it won't end up thrown away. Clipping paths are an entirely different story.
Yeah, that's why, I kinda got the feeling that this discussion right now should be about clipping paths. I mean later on, I think images should be imported within a clipping path. Patternfill is for applying a specific look to an object, while clipping paths are for having some kind of "viewbox". That's how I understand it.
David