Re: CSSOM getBoundingClientRect and device scaling

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com>wrote:

> Has zoom/scaling been mentioned before? I am noticing that some
> implementations will scale a page to a certain value. The method
> getBoundingClientRect does not mention that the value returned should
> be "de-scaled".
> http://www.w3.org/TR/cssom-view/#dom-element-getboundingclientrect
>
> Opera mini, in "Mobile view," scales the page. Fine, but then
> getBoundingClientRect returns the actual pixel values, not "de-scaled"
> values.
>
> I did a brief write up on the problem I noticed with Opera Mini:
> http://my.opera.com/dhtmlkitchen/blog/show.dml/4359747
>
> Should the spec mention what should happen when the device rescales values?
>

The CSSOM spec says

> All coordinates and dimensions for the APIs defined in this specification
> are in CSS pixels.
>

This surely means that the UA must return "de-scaled" values.

Rob
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