www/content/attributes/hx-patch.md
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title = "hx-patch"
description = """
The hx-patch attribute in htmx will cause an element to issue a PATCH request to the specified URL and swap the
returned HTML into the DOM using a swap strategy."""
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The hx-patch attribute will cause an element to issue a PATCH to the specified URL and swap
the HTML into the DOM using a swap strategy:
<button hx-patch="/account" hx-target="body">
Patch Your Account
</button>
This example will cause the button to issue a PATCH to /account and swap the returned HTML into
the innerHTML of the body.
hx-patch is not inherited