Re: object and anchor

~:'' ???????????? wrote:
> using the attached html file,
> 
> Safari, Mozilla, and Opera all ignore the fact the <object> is within
> the anchor.
> ie cursor does not change, status bar is not updated and clicking does
> not result in change of address.
> 
> please can someone explain this behaviour?

It's because events do not bubble across document boundaries. To get the effect
you desire you'd have to use the HTML <img> tag, not the <object> tag, but as
you'll have noticed Mozilla at least doesn't support it for SVG yet.

Jonathan

Received on Thursday, 21 February 2008 10:45:41 UTC