- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:32:51 -0400
- To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- CC: Jonathan Watt <jwatt@jwatt.org>, Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>, www-svg@w3.org, www-style@w3.org, public-cdf@w3.org
Boris Zbarsky wrote: > > Jonathan Watt wrote: >> If we were to change the 'height' attribute in my example to have a >> percentage value then whether 150px or the percentage value is used >> would depend on whether the SVG spec says percentage values are >> intrinsic or not. > > Actually, if "height" had a percentage value, wouldn't the replaced > element have an intrinsic ratio (the ratio of the two percentages)? Or > are they not used that way? No, percentages can't define ratios. :) Consider, for example, a 100% by 100% image being rendered inside a 2:1 rectangle vs a 1:1 rectangle. ~fantasai
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