Re: canvas in SVG (was: Re: SVG 2 Requirements: next phase)

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Rik Cabanier <cabanier@adobe.com> wrote:
> It's true that you can see a canvas as just another element. However, with all the GPU acceleration work (2D + 3D) that is going on, the result of canvas might not be available to the SVG compositing engine and it might not be possible to clone it so it behaves like a pattern.
>
> It would be easy to allow it in the spec, but the people that have to do the implementation will have a very hard time implementing this feature. (cost vs benefit)

The exact feature already exists in Firefox and WebKIt.  HTML <canvas>
can be used with -moz-element() or -webkit-canvas() to spam its
appearance across multiple elements.

~TJ

Received on Thursday, 23 February 2012 17:24:35 UTC