Re: [css3-2d-transforms] Interop: matrix() values e,f <number> or <length>

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote:
> On 11/19/10 1:26 PM, Chris Marrin wrote:
>> This brings up a glaring problem with CSSMatrix. When you construct one,
>> it is not associated with any element, so you can't use an element's style
>> to convert units. Today, when we encounter the above CSSMatrix constructor I
>> believe we just convert 50% to a value of 50 or something equally arbitrary.
>> We should probably amend CSSMatrix to allow an element to be passed to the
>> constructor. This brings up the next sticky issue of what happens when, for
>> instance, the client size of the element changes. Do values in the CSSMatrix
>> change? Madness!
>
> Agreed.  Why are we allowing percentages here again?  ;)

Doesn't em cause the same problem?

Received on Sunday, 21 November 2010 20:45:35 UTC