Re: <animateMotion> specification clarification

Hi Niko & Shane,

	Now I see the difference, child relationships.

	Anyway see inline:

--Original Message--:
>Hi Shane,
>
>I think you are misunderstanding something:
>
>>    <path d="M-25,-12.5 L25,-12.5 L 0,-87.5 z" fill="yellow"
>> stroke="red" stroke-width="7.06" id="MyTriangle" >
>>    </path>
>>     <animateMotion dur="6s" repeatCount="indefinite" rotate="auto" >
>>       <mpath xlink:href="#path1"/>
>>     </animateMotion>
>
>This example is not correct, how shall the user agent know to which  
>element the animation should be applied?
>It works as expected if you'd assign xlink:href="#MyTriangle" to your  
><animateMotion> element.

The animateMotion should be applied to the parent element which in 
that case is the <svg>. Since that's a container element all the
content should have the animateMotion applied. So the example is OK.

>You either have to specify a target for your animation element using  
>xlink:href=#someIRI" or include it as child element of the target  
>element.
>I just played a bit around with your test in Opera, and it's confusing:
>
>If I try:
>  <path d="M-25,-12.5 L25,-12.5 L 0,-87.5 z" fill="yellow",  
>stroke="red" stroke-width="7.06" id="MyTriangle"/>
><rect width="30" height="30"/>
>  <animateMotion dur="6s" repeatCount="indefinite" rotate="auto"  
> ><mpath xlink:href="#path1"/></animateMotion>
>
>Then Opera animates both the path & the rect, using the same  
>animateMotion operation.
>Sounds like a bug to me, unless I'm missing some SMIL detail. Erik?
>
>
>>    <path d="M-25,-12.5 L25,-12.5 L 0,-87.5 z" fill="yellow"
>> stroke="red" stroke-width="7.06" id="MyTriangle" >
>>       <animateMotion dur="6s" repeatCount="indefinite" rotate="auto" >
>>         <mpath xlink:href="#path1"/>
>>      </animateMotion>
>>    </path>
>
>Here, you are including the animateMotion element as <path> child, so  
>it works fine.

Yes, but in the other case, the <svg> is just a parent container and so it
should host the motion for its child <path>.

Alex

>Cheers,
>Niko
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Received on Tuesday, 12 October 2010 07:23:53 UTC