Re: Touch-action to SVG elements

*Jacob, *do you agree that the behavior we see in IE is what we want the
spec to describe (touch-action supported on <svg> elements, but not other
types of SVG elements)?

 *Jacob/Doug*, what's the right wording to convey this precisely?  My
reading of the SVG spec is that "SVG elements" includes things like <path>,
etc.

In addition, it seems IE applies touch-action on inline-block elements
(which I think makes sense).  My reading of the CSS spec is that
inline-block isn't necessarily included with "block level elements".  Is
there a more precise term to encompass display: block and display:
inline-block?

What about the other display types that establish a BOX but aren't
themselves BLOCKS (eg. table-row, table-cell), what's the expected behavior
for them?  Sorry I'm not enough of a CSS expert to know the precise terms
we're looking for here (and it wasn't obvious to me from the CSS spec).

Thanks,
   Rick



On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Rick Byers <rbyers@google.com> wrote:

> Thanks Gnanasekar,
> I've copied your test cases here for easy sharing:
> http://jsbin.com/APacaYUh/latest/edit
>
> I think the confusion boils down to the meaning of "SVG Elements".  I
> don't know much about SVG, but I read that to include elements like <rect>
> and <path>, but I think the intention here is to include only <svg>.
>  Perhaps this is just a matter of tweaking the wording from:
>   block-level elements, SVG elements
> to:
>  block-level elements, the <svg> element
>
> Presumably <a> is included in the "block-level elements" category (even in
> an SVG context)?  Someone who understands the nuances of SVG vs. HTML
> semantics probably needs to vet the wording here.  Regardless I believe the
> intention is that touch-action hit testing is NOT performed on individual
> SVG objects, just the top-level <svg> container.
>
> Rick
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 9:53 AM, GNANASEKAR S <gnanasekar.s@samsung.com>wrote:
>
>>  Hi,
>>
>> Need Clarification for touch-action to SVG elements
>>
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/pointerevents/#the-touch-action-css-property) says
>> that the touch-action property is restricted to SVG elements.
>>
>>
>>
>> We made few basic test case to check the behavior of  touch-action to svg
>> elements and tested on IE11. And we see that it pass only in the case of
>> svg elements <svg>  and <a> elements.
>>
>>
>>
>> Test Case1: touch-action:none on a <svg> this pases on IE11
>>
>> Test Case2: touch-action:none on a <rect> this fails on IE11
>>
>> Test Case3: touch-action:none on a <a> this pases on IE11
>>
>> Test Case4: touch-action:none on a <path> this fails on IE11
>>
>> Test Case5: touch-action:none on a <animate> this fails on IE11
>>
>>
>>
>> Does the touch-action is restricted only for <svg> element?
>>
>> If not, what are the other svg elements it applies.
>>
>>
>>
>> Do we have example testcase available for touch-action to svg elements?
>>
>> I dont see any example in the spec for svg elements.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gnanasekar S
>>
>>
>>
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