Re: [svgwg] Note that buffered-rendering should be removed.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Amelia Bellamy-Royds
<[email protected]> wrote:
> If the decision is to rely on CSS `will-change` for buffered rendering
> hints, should we ask CSS to introduce a special keyword value to allow
> authors to declare that SVG geometric properties will change?  For example,
> if you will be animating path data or polygon points, indicate it with
> `will-change: svg`.
>
> There is precedent: the current will-change definition includes keywords for
> changes to scroll position and to text contents, which are not otherwise set
> in CSS.
>
> Or would SVG geometry be covered under `will-change: contents`?  If that's
> the case, perhaps we could add a short note somewhere in the SVG 2 specs
> (the scripting section, maybe?) advising authors to use `will-change:
> contents` to warn browsers about scripted changes to SVG attributes.

If you're gonna change attributes that map to properties, you can just
indicate those in will-change.

If you're gonna be changing things willy-nilly, yeah, "contents" is the thing.

~TJ