[whatwg] High-density canvases

[Ian Hickson]

On Wed, 11 Sep 2013, Rik Cabanier wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:
> > On Wed, 11 Sep 2013, Robert O'Callahan wrote:
> > >
> > > Pinch-zoom is hard because we don't want to trigger reflows or other 
> > > expensive behavior on pinch-zoom. I'd leave pinch-zoom out of it for 
> > > now.
> >
> > Unless I'm missing something fundamental, changing the pixel density 
> > doesn't cause a layout, it's changing the width that causes a layout.
> 
> It will do a layout if the width is directly or indirectly dependent on 
> the CSS pixelratio. For instance, notice how the text boxes reflow if 
> you change the page zoom: http://jsfiddle.net/BtAK7/1/

Sure. But pinch-zoom doesn't change the width. (Page zoom does.)

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