Re: getBBox() on a <use>

Boris,

I agree with your assertion that when you replace the <use x="X"
y="Y"/> with a <g transform="translate(X,Y)"/> that getBBox() make
sense, since it needs to return in the user-coordinate system of the
element (and the transform is not included in that).  I actually agree
with what Firefox, Opera have done from the specification point of
view and think this is a bug on WebKit.

But I'm really just questioning the use of such a thing.  What I'm
really after is the bbox of the contents of the <use> in the <use>'s
coordinate system considering the x,y translation.  In that respect, I
actually *prefer* what WebKit has done.

I wrote another test case:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <rect id="r" x="100" y="100" width="200" height="100" fill="red" />

  <g id="p">
   <g id="guse" transform="translate(200,200)">
     <rect id="sr" x="100" y="100" width="200" height="100" fill="red" />
   </g>
 </g>

  <g id="up">
    <use id="u" x="200" y="200" width="400" height="200" xlink:href="#r"/>
  </g>

  <script><![CDATA[
  	var r = document.getElementById("r"),
  		p = document.getElementById("p"),
  		guse = document.getElementById("guse"),
  		sr = document.getElementById("sr"),
  		up = document.getElementById("up"),
  		u = document.getElementById("u");
  	
  	function bbstr(b) { return [b.x,b.y,b.width,b.height].join(','); }
  	
  	alert( "r=" + bbstr(r.getBBox()) +
  			"\np=" + bbstr(p.getBBox()) +
  			"\nguse=" + bbstr(guse.getBBox()) +
  			"\nsr=" + bbstr(sr.getBBox()) +
  			"\nup=" + bbstr(up.getBBox()) +
  			"\nu=" + bbstr(u.getBBox()));
  			
  ]]></script>
</svg>

If you try this out on a variety of browsers, you can see that the
bbox for 'up' (the <use>'s parent group) is what I'm really after and
is consistent across all browsers.  But why should I have to wrap a
<use> in a <g> just to get at the bbox in that coordinate system when
<use> doesn't even have a transform attribute on it in the first
place?  And yes, I know the <use> conceptually does have a @transform
on it...

Ok, I'm done ranting :)

Regards,
Jeff


On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote:
>
> 100,100 in which coordinate system?

The root coordinate system :), in my simple case, of course


>
> getBBox says that it works in user coordinates of the node it's called on in
> SVG 1.1.  The transform attribute creates a new user coordinate system.  If
> the language of http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#UseElement about "A
> 'use' element has the same visual effect as if the 'use' element were
> replaced by the following generated content:" is taken at face value, then
> Jeff's testcase should have behavior equivalent to:

As you say, the same 'visual effect', but that doesn't talk about the
bbox behavior (and the <use> doesn't actually have a transform on it).

Anyway,

Received on Wednesday, 20 January 2010 21:15:10 UTC