Re: Question about implementing DataTransfer.addElement

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 15:26, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote:

> The parenthetical isn't the important part (that's why it's
> parenthetical). The important difference between setDragImage() and
> addElement() is that the latter automatically generates the image based on
> the current rendering of the elements added whereas the former uses the
> exact specified image. So for example if the user is dragging an element
> with some complicated CSS styles, that's what gets drawn with
> addElement(), whereas the author has no sane way of providing an image
> that contains equivalent pixels.
>
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It seems like setDragImage() does that as well:

> If the element argument is an img element, then set the drag data store
> bitmap to the element's image (at its intrinsic size); otherwise, set the
> drag data store bitmap to an image generated from the given element (the
> exact mechanism for doing so is not currently specified).


Doesn't the otherwise clause describe exactly what addElement() does?

Daniel