Re: Definition of a replaced element

On 1/3/07, Mike Bremford <mike-css@bfo.co.uk> wrote:
> To satisfy Anne and answer your specific question, the CSS Formatter
> is what's being used to lay out the HTML document - there's a box
> model and so on. Yes, SVG uses CSS attributes and CSS constructs, but:

So the properties mentioned at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visuren.html
defines the CSS Formatte?
So if the content of the <svg> element would support one of those
properties (partially), then it would not be a replaced element
anymore?

> * it doesn't use the CSS formatting rules to lay out the contents of
> the SVG

Ok, the CSS formatting rules at
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visuren.html , right?
Or are there more CSS formatting rules?

> * it doesn't inherit attributes from outside the <svg>...</svg> tags.

That seems to me more the result of being a replaced element, than
being the cause of being a replaced element, not?

Regards,
Martijn

> It is an entirely seperate document, and the fact that it uses CSS
> attributes internally is coincidental and makes no difference to how
> it's positioned by the CSS formatter that is your browser.
>
>
> Cheers... Mike
>
>
> On 3 Jan 2007, at 13:24, Martijn wrote:
>
> > On 1/3/07, Mike Bremford <mike-css@bfo.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> A replaced element is just a "black box" to CSS - the internal
> >> content of that box is defined by something outside CSS. Examples are
> >> SVG graphics as you've pointed out, but also bitmap images, java
> >
> > Well, svg can be styled with css, like for instance, 'fill', 'stroke',
> > but apparantly svg elements also use css properties like 'font' (and
> > derivative), 'direction', 'cursor', etc.
> > So the <svg> element doesn't seem to me like a "black box" to css.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Martijn
> >
> >> applets, flash, and even Text nodes (not immediately obvious, but
> >> makes sense if you imagine each Text node in the DOM as a box, with
> >> an inherent width/height based on the font, the letters and so on).
> >>
> >> For example, consider a bitmap image. Although you can specify a
> >> width, height etc. which controls how that box is positioned, there's
> >> nothing you can do in CSS to control the contents of that box. That's
> >> all "replaced element" means.
> >>
> >> Cheers... Mike
> >>
> >>
> >> On 3 Jan 2007, at 12:24, Martijn wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > I was reading this mail thread:
> >> > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2007Jan/0001.html
> >> >
> >> > And it was mentioned that <svg> was a replaced element.
> >> >
> >> > When I look at the definition of a replaced element:
> >> > http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/conform.html#replaced-element
> >> > Apparently this applies to the <svg> element, right?
> >> > "An element that is outside the scope of the CSS formatter"
> >> > So the content of an <svg> element is outside the scope of the CSS
> >> > formatter?
> >> > Wat is exactly is the CSS formatter?
> >> >
> >> > Definition of Rendered content:
> >> > http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/conform.html#rendered-content
> >> > "The rendered content of a replaced element comes from outside the
> >> > source document"
> >> > That seems to be not the case for the <svg> element, or am I
> >> > misreading this in some way?
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Martijn
> >> >
> >> >
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