Re: [cssom-view] small update

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Erik Dahlström <ed@opera.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:59:53 +0100, Robert O'Callahan
> <robert@ocallahan.org> wrote:
>
> > A few comments...
> ...
> > For SVG elements, which don't really have border-boxes, our
> > implementation
> > of getClientRects returns a single rect which is the bounding-box of the
> > SVG
> > element.
>
> Is "the bounding-box" for SVG the same as what SVGLocatable.getBBox
> returns on the element? Since those bboxes are in user-space coordinates
> it should be noted that they may not be aligned with the screen coordinate
> system. Or do you mean SVGLocatable.getScreenBBox (from SVGT12), which is
> aligned with the screen coordinate system?
>

For consistency with non-SVG elements, it's a box in CSS pixel units,
aligned with and relative to the viewport (either the true viewport or a
foreignObject-based viewport). I guess that's almost the same as
getScreenBBox.

Rob
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