Re: Error in linking-a-07-t.svg

On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:23:28 +0100, Erik Dahlstrom <ed@opera.com> wrote:

> Hello svg-wg,
>
> I think this testcase has partially invalid pass criteria:
>
>    http://dev.w3.org/SVG/profiles/1.1F2/test/svg/linking-a-07-t.svg
>
> I think that the leftmost blue arrow should open the link in the same  
> frame, not in a new window/frame/tab. I tested this in webkit, mozilla  
> and opera and they all behaved like that.
>
> If there are no objections I will update the pass criteria for that  
> subtest to say:
>
> [[ Upon clicking the left-most blue arrow, the image of the  
> linkingToc-t.svg
> file should replace the initial view of this test case in the viewer  
> frame. ]]

Forgot to add the link to the spec:

   http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/linking.html#AElementXLinkShowAttribute

Seems clear enough that if you specify xlink:show="replace" you'll get the  
link loaded in the same "presentation context" as the original one.

/Erik

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Erik Dahlstrom, Core Technology Developer, Opera Software
Co-Chair, W3C SVG Working Group
Personal blog: http://my.opera.com/macdev_ed

Received on Wednesday, 3 March 2010 12:24:41 UTC