Hi Phil,
"Phil Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/28/2006 08:52:16 PM:
> I am trying to drag the blocks of text displayed on my canvas around
with the
> mouse. I'm using flowRoot elements to contain the multiple lines of
text.
>
> Unfortunately they don't want to be dragged. :) It was easy enough to
get
> the graphic elements like rectangles and circles to drag around but even
> though I update the rect element inside the flowRegion the text doesn't
move
> unless I reload the page. At which point it is in the correct spot.
>
> Is it because the X,Y location I'm changing is deep inside the flowRoot
> element and it doesn't generate some kind of trickle-up notification to
the
> canvas display?
Yes, this is probably the problem.
> Any suggestions on a way to do this? Is there some kind of positionable
> element that I can wrap the flowRoot into?
Yes, the 'g' element can be positioned using it's 'transform'
attribute, this should work w/o a problem (and actually is more
efficient as it won't trigger a relayout of the text):
<g transform="translate(10,20)">
<flowRoot ...
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