Re: Request for explaining/interpreting clipping for <use> element

On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:16:29 +0100, Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> wrote:
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> AFAIU the <use> element establishes a new viewport. The question is
> which viewport should be used by clip-path applied to <use> element.
> The old one (established by <svg>) or the new one (established by
> <use>)?

No, <use> doesn't establish a viewport by itself, unless it references a
<symbol> or <svg> element, see
http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/coords.html#ElementsThatEstablishViewports.
In both cases it's the (generated in the case of <symbol>) <svg> element  
that actually establishes the viewport.


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Received on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:06:27 UTC