Re: <g x="10" y="20"> was: does the systemLanguage attribute apply to tspan? alternatively does the switch element take x & y coordinates?

Hi, Jonathan-

~:'' ありがとうございました。 wrote:
 >
 > <g x="10" y="20">
 >
 > What is the rationale or reason for the WG decision that x and y
 > attributes unlike many others, are not attributable to a group, and
 > therefore cannot be inherited**
 > in my example I specifically limited myself to these two attributes.


I wasn't there at the time, but I may be able to answer this (as me, not 
for the SVG WG).

First, x & y never inherit.  They are geometric properties of a shape.

Second, a group does not have intrinsic geometry, so it does not have an 
x or y.

Third, the idea was to allow a larger range of consistent and additive 
transformations of the coordinate space (thus changing the appearance of 
the geometry).

I think it was in the same spirit as some aspects of CSS (akin to 
presentation vs. content).  I admit that it's not always as convenient 
as I'd like, since for drag operations and such, you have to parse them 
out of a string, or use the CTM.  But neither do I think it particularly 
hampers the author, as 'translate(x,y)' is effectively the same thing 
for most purposes as x & y attributes (except that it does inherit, 
which is the desired behavior).

Am I missing your use case?


Regards-
-Doug

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Received on Wednesday, 14 March 2007 14:04:56 UTC