Re: SVGransformable::farthestViewportElement from Jon Ferraiolo on 2000-04-26 (www-svg@w3.org from April 2000)

From: Jon Ferraiolo <jferraio@Adobe.COM>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 12:21:45 -0700
To: sdickson@savagesoftware.com (Steve Dickson)
Cc: www-svg@w3.org
Message-Id: <200004261919.MAA14677@mail-345.corp.Adobe.COM>

 At 01:49 PM 4/19/00 -0700, Steve Dickson wrote:
>Per the 2000/03/03 WD, SVGTransformable contains a readonly attribute
>farthestViewportElement which is described as follows:
>
>"readonly SVGElement farthestViewportElement
>The farthest ancestor 'svg' element.  Null if this is the given element
>[sic] is the outermost 'svg' element".
>
>Won't the farthest ancestor 'svg' element _always_ be the outermost 'svg'
>element?

Steve,
The 'farthestViewportElement' is a DOM attribute attached to a particular
element (call it 'X') in the drawing. There are two cases:

1) Element X is the outermost 'svg' element. In this case,
farthestViewportElementwill be null
2) Element X is not the outermost 'svg' element, but instead is some
element inside. In this case, farthestViewportElement will point to the
outermost 'svg' element.

I'll clean up the wording for the next draft.

Jon Ferraiolo
SVG Editor
Adobe Systems Incorporated

Received on Wednesday, 26 April 2000 15:19:47 UTC