RE: SVG2 and text management

Thanks for the reply, Tab. Will this include a content-editable attribute, so that one will finally have a textArea-like object as included in SVG1.2 (2005)?  I recall that Opera had actually implemented that at one time. There was also FlowRoot and allied concepts from 2004. After all this time, it really would be nice to have.  Is CSS finally considering breaking out of the rectilinear box model? 

Cheers
David



-----Original Message-----
From: Tab Atkins Jr. [mailto:jackalmage@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 1:06 PM
To: Ylvisaker Steven J [Contractor]
Cc: www-svg@w3.org
Subject: Re: SVG2 and text management

On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Ylvisaker Steven J [Contractor] <Steven.J.Ylvisaker@irs.gov> wrote:
> Hello – I have been trying to catch up on the latest regarding text 
> handling in the SVG specification. Of most interest is the inclusion 
> of text flow (as implemented by Inkscape). I see statements that say 
> the functionality is definitely included and then other statements 
> that say it is not. It looks to me like the most recent publishing of 
> the recommendation suggests it is not included.
>
> Mostly I just need to know one way or the other so I can proceed with 
> some development of flow chart and word based fraction renderings.

We are definitely including a way to add a "width" to a <text> element, at which point it switches over to CSS-based text rendering rules.

~TJ

Received on Monday, 9 September 2013 20:35:01 UTC