RE: The <use> element in SVG 1.2 / 2.0

Hi Andrew,

> In SVG 1.0 it is possible to apply transformations to a <use> 
> element but not 
> to differentially style one <use> from another (as far as I 
> know) nor is it 
> possible to animate a <use> element.

You can both style and animate <use> elements (see
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/01/23/svg/index.html). Did you mean
animate the actual referenced element instead?
 
One issue I see with the current <use> element is that it does not allow
referencing of animation elements which makes the reuse of animations a
bit tiresome. In my article I use entities to centralize attribute
values, which is just a hack. I know Kevin (obviously) has done a little
library to handle an extension element to copy animation elements, see
http://www.kevlindev.com/dom/animation/index.htm.

Antoine

Received on Sunday, 26 May 2002 10:59:14 UTC