Re: Layout Information for SVG Elements

On 11/25/09 5:23 PM, Steven Roussey wrote:
>
>>> Just curious how we get the size of the math element to
>>> highlight it.
>>
>> Why are you worrying about this?  Do you worry about it in cases of html
>> overflow?
>
> No. I should have left the highlight part out. I'm simply curious.

In that case, I'm not sure what information you're trying to get, 
exactly?  The overflow area?  You can get that (or close to it) by 
adding up the bounding client rects for all descendants of the element, 
modulo XBL.

-Boris