- From: Irene Vatton <Irene.Vatton@inrialpes.fr>
- Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 09:48:22 +0200
- To: ve3ll@rac.ca
- Cc: www-amaya@w3.org
On Friday 02 September 2005 19:12, ve3ll@rac.ca wrote:
> and my mailer is getting baulky -- must be holiday
> season coming up
>
> i forgot to add the demo files
> object.htm uses dirlist.htm which is bigger than the
> defined box .... note results in several browsers.
>
> On 2 Sep 2005 at 13:02, ve3ll@rac.ca wrote:
>
>
> Laurant has pointed out that currently pure text files
> are not rendered but html files are !!!
>
> However i now see a problem with html files in that
> when they overflow the window dimensions, they
> bleed into other areas instead of bringing up scrollbars
> both vertical and horizontal ... it seems they need to
> be placed in a box similar to those for form textboxes
> right now they are placed in a box with set dimensions
> with bleeding type of overflow ... clipping would be better
> but i think objects may need placing in mechanism more
> like a form textbox. Other browsers seem to be doing it that way...
> suspect recommendation is quiet or vague on the method
> of rendering. --
I guess you forgot that Amaya is not a browser, but an authoring tool. We only
developped browsing functions that make the developer life easier.
You're right, Amaya doesn't generate scroll bars in that case. but we tink we
have more important features to develop than this one.
--
Irène.
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