Re: Some practical issues integrating the SVG transform attribute with CSS transform properties

On Friday, March 25, 2011, 10:51:57 PM, Robert wrote:

ROC> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Anthony Grasso
ROC> <Anthony.Grasso@cisra.canon.com.au> wrote:
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ROC>  
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ROC> I remember from past discussions in the FX Group that the
ROC> “transform” attribute and “transform” property behave
ROC> differently. At least for “transform-origin” it’s currently
ROC> defined that way [1] . We  originally decided that the CSS
ROC> property will override the SVG attribute (which is how it works with current SVG I think).


ROC> Have you got a reference to those discussions? It's not clear to
ROC> me what "CSS property overrides the SVG attribute" would actually
ROC> mean. Does it mean something different from the way
ROC> presentational attributes normally map into CSS?

It means exactly that. A presentation attribute has a specificity of zero, so if the property is set by any style rule, that rule will have higher specificity.



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