Re: [cssom-view] Correction and clarification for the coordinate systems of getClientRect/getBoundingClientRect

It seems like it might be useful to provide both transformed and
untransformed values (through different APIs), as there are valid use-cases
for both. Personally, I usually want the transformed value, but I
occasionally want the untransformed value.

Yehuda Katz
(ph) 718.877.1325


On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org>wrote:

> The spec needs to make clear that getClientRects() returns rectangles that
> include the effect of transforms on ancestor elements. In particular each
> box rectangle is transformed by the ancestor transforms and then we take
> the viewport axis-aligned bounding-box of the result. Existing content
> requires this and it's more useful than not taking transforms into account.
> Gecko will change to have this behavior and other browsers already do.
>
> The spec currently says to treat an SVG <foreignObject> as establishing a
> new viewport. Gecko does this, but Opera and Webkit don't. (getClientRects
> etc seems to not work inside foreignObject at all in IE9.) At least for the
> purposes of getClientRects/getBoundingClientRect, I think the spec should
> change to have <foreignObject> not establish a viewport. Geometry changes
> induced by SVG should be included in the transforms accounted for in my
> previous paragraph.
>
> Rob
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