Closed Bug 1259708 Opened 8 years ago Closed 6 years ago

Element.getBoundingClientRect: CSS transforms consideration legit ?

Categories

(Developer Documentation Graveyard :: API: DOM, defect, P5)

Product:
Developer Documentation Graveyard
Component:
API: DOM
Platform:
All
Other
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: mishal153, Unassigned)

Details

:: Developer Documentation Request

      Request Type: Correction
     Gecko Version: unspecified
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:: Details

MDN documentation (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/getBoundingClientRect) says 
"the effect of CSS transforms is considered when computing the element's bounding rectangle." 

However the spec (https://www.w3.org/TR/css-transforms-1/#intro) says 

"Transformations do affect the visual layout on the canvas, but have no affect on the CSS layout itself. This also means transforms do not affect results of the Element Interface Extensions getClientRects() and getBoundingClientRect()"

Is this an intentional deviation or do I have n incorrect understanding of this ?
The change was intentional. It was made and discussed in bug 591718. roc posted to the www-style mailing list, no one objected. From the bug it sounds like at the time all other browsers also took transforms into account. So I guess the spec never got updated?
This page no longer refers to transforms.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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