Re: Applying SVG properties to non-SVG content

On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com> wrote:

>
> On Jul 12, 2008, at 00:04 , Robert O'Callahan wrote:
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>> As per SVG, SVG paint servers are not affected by effects on ancestors.
>>
>
> And that's fine. I worry about the following though:
>
>  If you're talking about the element-as-background extension, I haven't
>> written down a proposed spec for that yet. But when I do, it will also
>> ignore clip, opacity and other effects on the ancestors of referenced
>> elements. Is that surprising? I can't think why you'd want it any other way.
>>
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> I can't say that I have a strong opinion on this, but I believe it clashes
> with this: http://www.w3.org/TR/SVGMobile12/linking.html#LinksIntoSVG
>

Yes it would. Another blow in favour of element().

Rob
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