I can get the use tag, I want to be able to navigate the use tag. I have the use referencing a g tag with several elements under the g tag. I want to be able to navigate those elements. I'm coming to the conclusion that it can't be done.
Sean Peter Kalev wrote: >Why don't you wrap the use element in a <g id="____">, search for the >"g" and then look for the <use> inside the "g"... Works fine for me... > >Peter Kalev >Senior Developer, >SWF, LLC > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Sean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 11:21 AM >To: svg-developers@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [svg-developers] Re: use tag and unique IDs > >I should say navigate the use element. I realize that it is read only, >but I can't figure out how to do that. Thanks. > >Sean wrote: > > > >>Does any one have examples of using SVGUseElement & SVGElementInstance? >> >> > > > >>Thanks. >> >>Sean >> >>Sean wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>>Hi Alastair, >>> >>>Thanks for the input. I figured as much with the id, but >>>getElementByName didn't work either. I was hoping that something >>> >>> >would > > >>>work. I tried the childNodes and firstChild, but nothing works. >>>objet.childNodes.length returns 0, which appears to mean that the >>> >>> >child > > >>>nodes under the use tag don't get recognized, rendering the approaches >>> >>> > > > >>>below useless, no pun intended. My failure to get the use tags to >>> >>> >work > > >>>would mean the difference between using 35,000 tags and 210,000 tags. >>> >>> >I > > >>>have quite the incentive to make it work. Thanks. >>> >>>var objet=evt.target; >>>alert(objet.childNodes.length); >>> >>>var child = objet.firstChild; >>>i=0; >>>while(child != null){ >>>childSibling = child.nextSibling; >>>alert(child.nodeType); >>>child = childSibling; >>>} >>> >>>Sean >>> >>>Alastair Fettes wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>You've made a fundamental mistake. >>>> >>>>1. The idea behind a defs section is to resuse (have multiple >>>> >>>> >copies) > > >>>>of an definition. >>>>2. The idea of an ID attribute is to only have one attribute with a >>>>specific value document wide (see xs:ID type - >>>><http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#ID>). >>>> >>>>So therefore you have a fundamental mistake. The defs section and >>>> >>>> >the > > >>>>id invalidate each other. >>>> >>>>The only thing you could (possibly) do would be to getElementById( >>>>"useFrame2" ).childNodes.foo.bar to get the tspan. Maybe, i don't >>>>guarantee it. >>>> >>>>Alastair >>>> >>>>--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I would like to use the use tags to save much text size as below. >>>>>Problem is grabbing and editing data with onclick events. The id >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>for my >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>tspan would always be the same, but they would be used in different >>>>> >>>>> >use > > >>>>>tags with unique IDs. Is there a way to isolate say the tspan1 >>>>> >>>>> >under > > >>>>>useFrame2? >>>>> >>>>>SVG >>>>><defs> >>>>><g id="textFrame" cat="textBox"> >>>>> <text cat="textBox" font-size="14" font="sans-serif" ><tspan >>>>>id="tspan1" cat="textBox">Text</tspan></text> >>>>> <text><tspan visibility="hidden" id="tspan2"></tspan></text> >>>>></g> >>>>></defs> >>>>><use id="useFrame" onclick="edit2(evt);" xlink:href="#textFrame" >>>>>transform="translate(10,25)"/> >>>>><use id="useFrame2" onclick="edit2(evt);" xlink:href="#textFrame" >>>>>transform="translate(10,50)"/> >>>>> >>>>>JS >>>>>function edit2(evt){ >>>>> var objet=evt.target; >>>>> var tspan1 = objet.getElementById("tspan1"); //Doesn't work >>>>>} >>>>> >>>>>Thanks! >>>>> >>>>>Sean >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy." >>>>>-- Tom Waits >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>----- >>>>To unsubscribe send a message to: >>>> >>>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>>-or- >>>>visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my >>>> >>>> >membership" > > >>>>---- >>>>Yahoo! Groups Links >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > -- "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy." -- Tom Waits ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
