<tspan> ignores all positioning attributes It pretty much ignores all of its attributes, mostly because it's implemented currently using a RenderInline. Eventually we'll probably want a RenderInline subclass. The question then becomes how do we share all the SVG specific layout logic between our RenderInline subclass (RenderSVGTSpan?) and our RenderBlock subclass (RenderSVGText).
This is a pretty basic bug in our svg text support. Unfortunately fixing it may require serious rethinking of our text drawing interfaces in WebCore. Regardless, this is a bad user bug which could prevent shipping SVG support in WebKit. Adding SVGHitList keyword and bumping to p2.
*** Bug 11012 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***