Re: ismap float or ints

Dave_Raggett (dsr@hplb.hpl.hp.com)
Fri, 13 Aug 93 18:06:32 BST


> simple question
> the coordinates returned by the browser for an ismap picture
> are they floats or ints?
> I noticed some discussion, but what is the outcome. what do
> all browser do at this time (does it vary among the browsers)

Should be ints. The HTML+ spec assumes that if floats are used then
the browser is using scaled coords in range 0.0 to 1.0. For ints
it assumes they are pixel offsets.

Dave Raggett