Fill a grid with TikZ

Question

How do I fill a grid in TikZ? I want to do something like:

\draw[draw,fill=red!20] (0,0) grid (2,2);

instead of manually drawing 4 rectangles.

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '11 at 09:29

17

Unfortunately not a direct solution, but you can just append a rectangle operation going back to the origin of the grid:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw [ultra thick, draw=black, fill=black!20!white] (0,0) grid  (2,2) rectangle (0,0);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

filled grid tikz

answered Jun 18 '11 at 09:29

Jake

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In this case you can have some problem. The rectangle is drawn, the line width is the same for the grid and the rectangle. – Alain Matthes Jun 18 '11 at 10:17
@Altermundus: That's correct, but it's not a very problematic behaviour. – Jake Jun 18 '11 at 11:03
What a beautiful solution! Thanks a lot! – Michael Dorner Dec 10 '22 at 15:00

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 12 '13 at 13:19

4

I think no but perhaps I am wrong. One rectangle is enough:

  \begin{tikzpicture}
  \fill[red!20](0,0) rectangle (2,2); 
  \draw (0,0) grid (2,2);
  \end{tikzpicture}

edited Apr 12 '13 at 13:19

pluton

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answered Jun 18 '11 at 09:26

Alain Matthes

95,075

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 12 '13 at 13:24

With PSTricks. Unfortunately PSTricks' grid has no options for changing

the fill color
the line style

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\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}
\addtopsstyle{gridstyle}{griddots=0}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}[showgrid=top](4,4)
    \psframe*[linecolor=gray](4,4)
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}

Fill a grid with TikZ

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