1174961 - transform on root SVG in standalone SVG document does not transform the root element

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1353697

(Core :: SVG, defect)

Description

[Brian Birtles (:birtles)]

As reported in [1] and followed-up in [2], when we have a transform on the root <svg> element of a standalone SVG document, we appear to transform the contents of the <svg> element but not the <svg> element itself.

This can be seen in the URL for this bug where the black border (specified on the root <svg> is not transformed.

Dirk mentions that this raises the question:

"Is root SVG on standalone SVG a CSS layout box or not. (It probably should and I agree with you and Cameron)"

Cameron points out that this seems to be the intention in the transforms spec.[3]

Note that Chrome/IE don't transform the content at all but that is, apparently, a bug in both browsers.

(Feel free to take this bug. I'm just filing it so the issue doesn't get lost.)

[1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2015May/0024.html
[2] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2015Jun/0058.html
[3] http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-transforms/#transform-origin-property, specifically the first sentence after the blue box.