Jeff Schiller schrieb: > > > > > Next, are you transforming the <g> > > > element for each of the 500 elements? > > > > Yes, is there anything wrong with that? > > > > I guess "wrong" is a relative term here. You've got 500 planets and > you have to position each circle and text individually. The text is > always +15 in the y-direction. Best bet would be to do this: > > <g class="planet" transform="translate(500,380)"> > <circle cx="0" cy="0" r="5" .../> > <text x="0" y="15" ...>Planet Foo</text> > </g> > > This is because if you move one planet's coordinates you also have > to adjust its text position.
Okay, until now i did not know about this option. I have to have a look at the transform-attribute. Thanks. > Then again, if you decide to change the planet's radii, then you > have to change EVERY text position. This is also very brittle. Okay, but i never thought about writing all this data myself, because... > > - you could generate your SVG using some PHP that iterates through > each element in a table/database ... i use python to get the desired data from postgresql and write the svg (and the 500 detail-svgs...). > - you could generate your SVG using XSLT that takes each planet's > description in XML and tranforms it into SVG > - you could have a createPlanet() JavaScript function that generates > each planet given a name and some coordinates Various options ;) > I'd be curious to see if there's a "purely SVG" way to do something > like this. I don't think anyone would want to. Thanks, Tom ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/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/
