Sorry, Peter, yes, I should have been more clear. I have no problem with the expanding/contracting bargraph idea, though it doesn't seem that tricky to me. Unless I'm misunderstanding something, I've seen (and done) similar things in SVG in the past, and I don't recall any particular challenges.
I was speaking out against the misuse of glyphs. Too be fair to Philip, though, it's not unheard of in the computing tradition. In the Dark Ages of Computing, many specialized fonts used shape glyphs, for circuit diagrams and maps and other non-text compositional elements, as a kind of old-school 'use' or 'symbol', in order to save memory on frequently-used shapes. There are large blocks of Unicode dedicated to this legacy, and I was told recently that certain industries still use this odd practice. Regards- Doug doug . schepers @ vectoreal.com www.vectoreal.com ...for scalable solutions. Peter Thompson wrote: | | Patricia - It sounds like you are displaying a Gantt chart. | I like Philip's first suggestion, perhaps because I haven't | used glyphs. I assume that you have a tree data structure | somewhere with the parent/child relationships between the | task/subtasks. I'd use that to build a corresponding tree in | SVG, then change visibility and the translate transform for | each expand/contract. | | Doug - Are you saying "don't use the glyph idea" or don't do | the expanding/contracting bargraph? | ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/1U_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- 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/
