- From: L. David Baron <dbaron@dbaron.org>
- Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 09:35:08 -0800
- To: Daniel Holbert <dholbert@mozilla.com>
- Cc: whatwg@whatwg.org
On Thursday 2014-11-06 12:36 -0800, Daniel Holbert wrote:
> Should these coordinates be relative to...
> (A) ...the top-left corner of the <img> element itself?
> OR
> (B) ...the top-left corner of the rectangle where the image's pixel
> data actually maps to? (which may be inside or outside the bounds of the
> <img> element) (Of course, parts outside the <img> won't render and
> shouldn't receive clicks, but the rect is still there.)
>
> I tend to think "B" is the correct answer, but I'm not 100% sure, and
> I'd like a sanity-check.
I also think it should be (B), since the meaning of the coordinates
in the imagemap shouldn't change as a result of CSS styling of the
image.
-David
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