On Jul 30, 12:46 pm, Boris Zbarsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > harvinder wrote: > > Could somebody help me understand > > [1] the difference between view and frame objects in FF3. > > A frame is basically a CSS box. It's the basic unit of layout and > rendering. > > A view is basically used for certain kinds of grouping for painting > purposes. It's purely a rendering thing. > > > [2] Is there anyway to get the related DOM object from the frame > > object? > > nsIFrame::GetContent() ? >
Thank you. Is there any way to get it the other way around? Get the related frame object from a DOM element? Thank you. > > [3] Is every frame object responsible for their own painting? Is there > > any frame object that does not paint itself? > > In Gecko 1.9 (Fx3), frames are responsible for creating their own > display list elements, which then paint themselves. > > -Boris _______________________________________________ dev-tech-layout mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-layout
