On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Peter Ent <p...@adobe.com> wrote: > Over the past month or so, the FlexJS graphics package > (flex.core.graphics) has been added and the FlexJS chart package > (flex.charts) has incorporated the graphics package. > > The result of using the graphics package is a great deal of <svg> elements > (on the JavaScript side, of course) get created. For example, if a column > chart has 100 bars, each bar is a separate <svg>+<rect> combination. If the > chart has two series, then that would be 200 bars. A line chart could > easily have a thousand points and an equal number of <svg> elements (for > the record, a LineChart can have an itemRenderer for each point and a > single line path to connect them). > > I am wondering if there might be a more efficient way to do this. The > flex.core.graphics package now has a GraphicsContainer which has functions > to draw rects, circles, paths, etc. This results in a single <svg> with > different drawing elements. Imagine if a chart were to do this, so that > there would be one <svg> and a couple hundred <rect> paths. > > Does anyone have any thoughts on this and would SVG be used more > efficiently this way? >
I agree, that seems to be the way to go. It would be nice to hear other opinions as well, though. > > Regards, > Peter Ent > Adobe Systems >
