Re: [cssom-view] Correction and clarification for the coordinate systems of getClientRect/getBoundingClientRect from Simon Pieters on 2013-09-18 (www-style@w3.org from September 2013)

From: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:16:20 +0200
To: www-style <www-style@w3.org>, "Robert O'Callahan" <robert@ocallahan.org>
Message-ID: <op.w3lwdimiidj3kv@simons-macbook-pro.local>

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:12:06 +0100, Robert O'Callahan  
<robert@ocallahan.org> wrote:

> [snip]
>
> 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. [snip]

Fixed. I think this didn't affect any other part of CSSOM View that use  
viewport or initial containing block.

https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/csswg/rev/92755512a865

-- 
Simon Pieters
Opera Software

Received on Wednesday, 18 September 2013 12:16:58 UTC