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# `Clip`

since version 4.11.3

Clip an image or other output

## Child elements

`Barcode`, `Box`, `Circle`, `Frame`, `Image`, `Rule`, `Table`, `Textblock`, `Transformation`

## Parent elements

`A`, `B`, `Case`, `Color`, `Fontface`, `ForAll`, `I`, `Li`, `Loop`, `NoBreak`, `Otherwise`, `Paragraph`, `PlaceObject`, `Span`, `U`, `URL`, `Until`, `While`

## Attributes

`bottom` (length, optional)
  The amount of clip from the bottom border.
`height` (length, optional)
  The clipped height of the object. Should be used with one of top or bottom.
`left` (length, optional)
  The amount of clip from the left border.
`method` (optional)
  Set the resize method of the resulting object.
  - `clip`: Clip and shrink the object.
  - `frame`: Just hide the outer frame of the object, do not change the size.
`right` (length, optional)
  The amount of clip from the right border.
`top` (length, optional)
  The amount of clip from the top border.
`width` (length, optional)
  The clipped width of the object. Should be used with one of left or right.

## Example

    <PlaceObject frame="solid">
        <Clip left="1cm" right="1cm" top="1cm" bottom="2cm" method="clip">
            <Image width="5cm" file="_sampleb.pdf" />
        </Clip>
    </PlaceObject>

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