- From: Sigurd Lerstad <sigler@bredband.no>
- Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 03:51:50 -0700
- To: "Jon Ferraiolo" <jon@ferraiolo.com>, <www-svg@w3.org>
Thanks, that cleared it up -- Sigurd Lerstad > > In most cases, if you set 'visibility:hidden' on a <use> element, this > will indeed cause the referenced object to be invisible. However, there > are cases (obscure?) when this may not be the case. For example, if you > have the following SVG content: > > </svg> > > The blue rectangle will show even though the <use> element that > references it specifies visibility="hidden". This is because the > visibility property only applies to individual leaf nodes (i.e., > individual graphic objects) and does *not* operate on a group basis. > Instead, if you want to force an entire group to disappear, use the > 'display' property with a value of 'none'. For more information, review > the writeups on visibility and display at > http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/painting.html#VisibilityControl, particularly > the two bullets at the top of section 11.5. > > Jon Ferraiolo > SVG 1.0 Editor
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