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What can be the reason?
Thanks for help.
Tilopâ
[solved] text area
Re: text area
What tool are you using to draw a "text area"?
Re: text area
Can you post the file? I can't reproduce what you've described when creating a text object using 
... unless you have a stroke set for the text object that has a very large width.
... unless you have a stroke set for the text object that has a very large width.
Re: text area
Sorry, I don't know, how to upload a file here. You can find that example file under:
http://test.tilopamonk.de/test.svg
I tried with dragging and then copied the text into the area.
http://test.tilopamonk.de/test.svg
I tried with dragging
and then copied the text into the area.
Re: text area
That looks OK when I view it in Inkscape.
It doesn't look OK in other SVG viewers. Is that what you're asking about?
It doesn't look OK in other SVG viewers. Is that what you're asking about?
Re: text area
Likewise. Everything looks normal in Inkscape but Opera shows nothing.
Re: text area
flowRoot and flowPara were removed from the specs and there is no replacement yet. Inkscape is the only renderer which can display that stuff.
Usual text (e.g. if you un-flow it) is handled fine by other renderers tho.
Usual text (e.g. if you un-flow it) is handled fine by other renderers tho.
Re: text area
Yes that's it. As it works so fine in inkscape it would be good to have an inkscape viewer Plugin for browsers.
Re: text area
tilopa wrote:Yes that's it. As it works so fine in inkscape it would be good to have an inkscape viewer Plugin for browsers.
No, BAD idea. Doing so would only encourage the development of incorrect SVG code. That's the kind of thing MS does.