re[2]: Question about setView()

Benoit

 >  I think some wording like the 'zoom' object behavior would  be sufficient: 
 >  
 >  zoom The viewer shall fit the target  rectangle of the selected  object(s)
 >  into the viewer’s rectangle and center it. 

I think that would be adequate if we add "while maintaining the aspect ratio of..."

 >  
 >  Benoit 
 >  
 >  
 >  From: Lofton Henderson  [mailto:lofton@rockynet.com] 
 >  Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:20  PM
 >  To: Bezaire, Benoit; WebCGM WG
 >  Subject: RE: Question  about setView()

 >  
 >  At 11:51 AM 11/18/2008 -0500, Bezaire, Benoit wrote:
 >  Also, there is nothing in the wording explaining how to handle view 
 >  rectangles which have a different aspect ratio than the viewer's viewport.
 >  Which will happen in 99% of the cases.
 >  Good point.   I raised this myself some time back, and it got lost before
 >  any  resolution.  

 >  There is some guidance in the stuff of section 3.4,  where we have <param>s
 >  that specify mapping, halign, valign of the picture  into the <object>'s
 >  rectangle.  I think something similar is  reasonable here. 
 >  (Alternatively, if we don't want the mapping options, we  have to specify
 >  how it happens unambiguously.)

 >  -Lofton.


 >  From: public-webcgm-wg-request@w3.org
 >  [mailto:public-webcgm-wg-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of  Bezaire, Benoit
 >  Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:58  AM
 >  To: WebCGM WG
 >  Subject: Question about  setView()

 >  I'm wondering if the wording  of setView() is not a bit short? The draft
 >  doesn't say anything about invalid  rectangles being passed in for
 >  example.
 >  
 >  Should more feedback be sent to the user? Currently, the function 
 >  prototype has a void return type. Should we change that to a boolean or 
 >  something else? or throw an exception perhaps.
 >  
 >  I also question the possibility of a major scale change, ex:  scaling in by
 >  a factor of 100 (and loosing sight of the overall picture).  Should the
 >  user be told that such a change occurred?
 >  
 >  Thoughts?
 >  Benoit.

Received on Wednesday, 19 November 2008 15:31:44 UTC