Re: Layout Information for SVG Elements

Boris Zbarsky <[email protected]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:30:55 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.svg
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 11/24/09 7:19 PM, Steven Roussey wrote:
> Well... if the option "Show Bounding Client Rectangle" is selected,
> then it shows data. Otherwise, it does not.
>
> But anyway, if the option is off then it shows offsets and uses
> element.offset* which results in nothing, and height/width of NaN.

You should, imo, just drop the offset* stuff.  It's broken and useless.

> Looking at the svg of a circle here:
> http://math.chapman.edu/~jipsen/mathml/asciimathandmathmlsvg.xhtml
>
>        <svg:svg width="50px" height="50px">
>          <svg:circle cx="25px" cy="25px" r="20px" fill="green"/>
>        </svg:svg>
>
> It says it has a width and height of 40px.

Height and width of which?  The <svg:circle> or the <svg:svg>?  The 
former in fact has a bounding rect with width=height=40px.

-Boris