> In SVG, you get absolute positioning, and that's it. If you want to do any kind of complex layout, you have to calculate everything yourself in script. Depen

> In SVG, you get absolute positioning, and that's it. If you want to do any kind of complex layout, you have to calculate everything yourself in script. Depends on what you mean by absolute. The current transformation matrix (CTM) in each group hierarchy is computed relative to the parent element.