I was looking for a way to float a < g> element to the right of a svg file with width=100%.
So one could scale the image and my < g> element would stick to the right without beeing scaled.
Here is what I found out:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events"
version="1.1"
baseProfile="full"
width="100%"
height="100%">
<svg viewBox="0 0 300 300" width="100%" height="300px"
preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMin meet">
<g transform="skewX(45)" style="fill:red;">
<rect x="0" y="0" height="100%" width="20px" />
<rect x="270" y="0" height="100%" width="20px" />
</g>
</svg>
</svg>
The trick is to use a < svg> tag, where you place your element, that you want to stick to the right border. Then you tell the < svg>-tag not to scale the inner elements and to move them so, that the x values are at their maximum and y at minimum (xMaxYMin)
preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMin meet"
In the same way you can center it…
source:
http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/coords.html#ViewBoxAttribute