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Subject: re[3]: [cgmo-webcgm] Highlight test
Benoit, I don't see the need for a highight Style either. I think that it's consfusing for script writers to have 2 ways to highlight Don. > I'm not so sure about this. After a quick look at our implementation, > I don't believe highlight is implemented as an Style Property. > As far as I can see, we agreed that highlighting is a 2 state system; > on or off (i.e., the API has two states: true or false). If we wanted > a Style Property like behavior we need three states (true, false, > inherit). > So in that particular test file, the code is trying to remove a > highlight which was never implicitly set. > I also think that the DOM behavior and the Object behavior should > match. I don't see anything with regards to inheritance of > highlighting in the object behavior section: > http://docs.oasis-open.org/webcgm/v2.0/WebCGM20-IC.html#webcgm_3_1_2_4 > I'm not convinced there's a need to have highlight behave like a Style > Property... Those are my thoughts, feel free to comment. > -- > Regards, > Benoit mailto:benoit@itedo.com > This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be protected > by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware > that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail or > any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in > error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and > delete this copy from your system. Thank you for your cooperation. > Tuesday, May 30, 2006, 7:22:52 PM, Lofton Henderson wrote: > > My opinion: the behaviors should be as you specify, and "yes", in > > Step 2 C and D should no longer be highlighted. > > If "highlight" were a Style Property, then that would definitely > > happen, according to the SP rules in 5.7.5 and the SP inheritance > > definitions in 5.4. > > But highlight() is a method, that can be applied to a collection of > > nodes (instead of just one at a time like setStyleProperty). I have > > always assumed it behaved like a Style Property, but I can't find > > where it actually says that in the spec. I would think some pretty > > bizarre things would happen if highlight() did not inherit like a > > SP. > > Does anyone think that highlight() doesn't behave as if it were a SP > > that is applied to a list of nodes instead of just one node at a > > time? > > -Lofton. > > At 02:25 PM 5/29/2006 -0700, Galt, Stuart A wrote: > >>Hello, > >> > >>Attached is an incomplete test for Picture-highlight but I wanted to > >>get some comments before it becomes part of the testsuite. > >> > >>The CGM chosen for the test has nested objects. A contains B that > >>contains C that contains D. > >> > >>Step 1: Sets the highlight on B to true. > >>Step 2: Sets the highlight on C to false. > >>Step 3: Sets the highlight on A to true. > >>Step 4: Sets the highlight on A to false. > >> > >>In Step 1 I would expect B,C&D to highlight (B contains C and D). > >>In Step 2 should C and D be no longer highlighted? > >> > >>I will make the PNG that goes with the test when I get back to > >>Seattle next week. I would be interested in hearing what the > >>results of Step 2 should be. > >> > >>Thanks. > >> > >>-- > >>Stuart Galt > >>SGML Resource Group > >>stuart.a.galt@boeing.com > >>(206) 544-3656
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