- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:51:16 +0200
- To: andre <andre.simmons@exponent.co.uk>
- CC: www-svg@w3.org
> andre wrote: > > I am trying to find a way of dowloading bits of an SVG at a time, in > seperate SVG files but still look like one SVG picture. The symbol and use elements are your freind here. > Say i have an SVG that i would like to download, its an SVG map with 3 > features, then on a user selection i need to add another two features. > I know i can add all these in one file at the beginning and use > JavaScript to turn layers on and off yes, though that involves donloading information the user might never view, so as you say: > but what i have is 3 features in a database > to start with and then later 2 are added once the client has already > downloaded the SVG You can do this by altering the xlink:href attribute on the use element to point to a more detailed symbol. This change can either be made declaratively, using the animation features, or can be done usingJavaScript if the choice of symbol to use depends in a complex way on user interaction. -- Chris
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