Bug 45723

Summary:	[PATCH] startOffset attribute of textPath cannot be animated
Product:	Batik - Now in Jira	Reporter:	Richard Evans <richard.evans>
Component:	SVG Viewer	Assignee:	Batik Developer's Mailing list <batik-dev>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal	Keywords:	PatchAvailable
Priority:	P2
Version:	1.7
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	All
Attachments:	text path example Possible Patch from Sebastian

Description Richard Evans 2008-09-01 07:48:17 UTC

I'm trying to get text to flow along a path, using an animate element to alter the startOffset attribute of the textPath element.

This does not work.  Attached example is a simple textPath from the SVG spec with an animate added.

Comment 1 Richard Evans 2008-09-01 07:49:06 UTC

Created attachment 22507 [details]
text path example

Comment 2 Thomas Deweese 2010-06-15 05:56:30 UTC

Created attachment 25593 [details]
Possible Patch from Sebastian

The patch is likely only a partial fix for the problem.

In particular it only catches DOM attribute changes but ignores animated changes.  A more complete fix might be as simple as extending the change to the 'handleAnimatedAttributeChanged' method.