- From: Jon Ferraiolo <jferraio@Adobe.COM>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 19:52:07 -0800
- To: AndrewWatt2001@aol.com
- Cc: www-svg@w3.org, svg-developers@egroups.com
The <g> has at least one attribute that an <svg> doesn't have -- the 'transform' attribute, and the <svg> has many attributes that a <g> doesn't have, particularly document-level attributes. There are many notes in the SVG spec about unique behavior with <svg> elements. While they overlap quite a bit, there are clear differences. There is clearly a need for two different elements. Jon Ferraiolo SVG Editor jferraio@adobe.com At 06:23 PM 1/10/01 -0500, you wrote: >I wonder if someone can help me. I am trying to figure out what purpose the ><g> element serves in SVG 1.0. > >I am not asking how to use it. That I understand. At least I think I do. :) > >But why is the <g> element there at all? Since the <svg> element can be >nested and implicitly groups elements nested within it what is the unique >value that the <g> element adds? > >Am I missing some obvious unique aspect of the <g> element? Or could it >simply be deleted from SVG 1.0 with no loss and nested <svg> elements serve >the same purpose? > >Andrew Watt
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