This page describes the current status of the SVG implementation in WebKit.

Last update: Jan 27th, 2006.

For a list of general WebKit+SVG issues not covered in this document , please see the full SVG bug list.

green: complete implementation, yellow: partial implementation, and red: no implementation.

Structure http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#basic-structure-mod svg http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#SVGElement overflow: hidden; is not respected 5977 image/svg+xml should use SVGDocumentImpl 5978 bounding box relative percentages fail 6011 g http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#GElement Implemented color-interpolation not supported for opacity 6034 defs http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#DefsElement Implemented desc http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#DescElement Implemented title http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#TitleElement Parsed, but otherwise ignored 5351 metadata http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/metadata.html#MetadataElement Unimplemented symbol http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#SymbolElement SVGs are not supported as real image types 5971 use http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#UseElement <use> does not handle recursion correctly 6000 SVGs are not supported as real image types 5971 Conditional Processing http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#conditional-mod switch http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#SwitchElement Implemented Image http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#image-mod image http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#ImageElement <image> does not viewBox or preserveAspectRatio 5966 <image> does not support color-profile property 6036 Style http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/styling.html#style-mod style http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/styling.html#StyleElement Implemented Shape http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/shapes.html#shape-mod path http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/paths.html#PathElement Implemented rect http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/shapes.html#RectElement Implemented circle http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/shapes.html#CircleElement Implemented line http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/shapes.html#LineElement Implemented elipse http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/shapes.html#EllipseElement Implemented polyline http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/shapes.html#PolylineElement Implemented polygon http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/shapes.html#PolygonElement Implemented Text http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/text.html#text-mod text http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/text.html#TextElement Partial does not respect x, y, dx, dy offset lists 6420 textLength attribute is not respected 6421 lengthAdjust attribute is not respected 6422 textAnchor attribute is not respected 6423 dominant-baseline attribute is not respected 6424 tspan http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/text.html#TSpanElement Partial ignores positioning attributes 6559 tref http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/text.html#TRefElement Unimplemented textPath http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/text.html#TextPathElement Unimplemented <textPath> element not implemented 6425 altGlyph http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/text.html#AltGlyphElement Unimplemented <altGlyph> element not implemented 6426 altGlpyhDef http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/text.html#AltGlyphDefElement Unimplemented altGlpyhItem http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/text.html#AltGlyphItemElement Unimplemented glyphRef http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/text.html#GlyphRefElement Unimplemented Marker marker http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/painting.html#MarkerElement Clip path issues 5967 Color Profile color-profile http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/color.html#ColorProfileElement Unimplemented SVGs are not drawn colormatched 5972 Gradient linearGradient http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/pservers.html#LinearGradientElement Partial Reflect and repeat not supported 5968 color-interpolation not supported for gradients 6034 Gradient appears and disappears in SVG 6716 radialGradient http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/pservers.html#RadialGradientElement Implemented color-interpolation not supported for gradients 6034 stop http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/pservers.html#StopElement Implemented Pattern http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/pservers.html#pattern-mod pattern http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/pservers.html#PatternElement Patterns seem to have minor coordinate space issues 6003 Clip http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/masking.html#clip-mod clipPath http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/masking.html#ClipPathElement Implemented clip data does not respect transforms 6546 Mask http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/masking.html#mask-mod mask http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/masking.html#MaskElement Partial does not support maskUnits or maskContentUnits 6409 simple <mask> crashes Safari+SVG 6548 Filter http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/pservers.html#pattern-mod filter http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#FilterElement Subregion attributes are ignored 5527 Filters look grainy when scaled 5526 Filters don't support filterRes 6021 Need support sources other than SourceGraphic 6022 Support 'color-interpolation-filters' and draw in correct colorspace 6033 feBlend http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feBlendElement Implemented Doesn't look right with all modes 5970 feColorMatrix http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feColorMatrixElement Implemented feComponentTransfer http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feComponentTransferElement Unimplemented Not implemented 5860 feComposite http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feCompositeElement Implemented feConvolveMatrix http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feConvolveMatrixElement Unimplemented Not implemented 5861 feDiffuseLighting http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feDiffuseLightingElement Implemented feDisplacementMap http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feDisplacementMapElement Unimplemented Not implemented 5862 filters-displace-01-f displays incorrectly 6719 feFlood http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feFloodElement Implemented feGaussianBlur http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feGaussianBlurElement Fails for large x,y ratios 5973 feImage http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feImageElement SVGs are not supported as a real image type 5971 feMerge http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feMergeElement Implemented feMergeNode http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feMergeNodeElement Implemented feMorphology http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feMorphologyElement Unimplemented Not implemented 5863 feOffset http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feOffsetElement Implemented feSpecularLighting http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feSpecularLightingElement Implemented feTile http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feTileElement Broken in TOT 5976 feTurbulance http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feTurbulenceElement Unimplemented Not implemented 5864 feDistantLight http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feDistantLightElement Implemented fePointLight http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#fePointLightElement Implemented feSpotLight http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feSpotLightElement Default values are not correctly assigned to lighting filters 5859 feFuncR http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feFuncRElement Implemented feFuncG http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feFuncGElement Implemented feFuncB http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feFuncBElement Implemented feFuncA http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html#feFuncAElement Implemented Cursor http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/interact.html#cursor-mod cursor http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/interact.html#CursorElement Broken SVG <cursor> needs to be wired into WebKit custom CSS cursor code 6002 WebKit does not handle CSS custom cursor URI fallback 6001 Hyperlinking http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/linking.html#hyperlinking-mod a http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/linking.html#AElement Implemented View http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/linking.html#view-mod view http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/linking.html#ViewElement Unimplemented SVG <view> is unimplemented 5996 Script http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/script.html#scripting-mod script http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/script.html#ScriptElement Implemented SVG JavaScript bindings are busted 4249 Animation http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/animate.html#animation-mod animate http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/animate.html#AnimateElement Unimplemented set http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/animate.html#SetElement Implemented animateMotion http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/animate.html#AnimateMotionElement Unimplemented animateTransform http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/animate.html#AnimateTransformElement Implemented animateColor http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/animate.html#AnimateColorElement Implemented color-interpolation not supported for animateColor 6034 mpath http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/animate.html#mpathElement Unimplemented Font http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/fonts.html#font-mod font http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/fonts.html#FontFaceElement Unimplemented font-face http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/fonts.html#FontFaceNameElement Unimplemented glyph http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/fonts.html#GlyphElement Unimplemented missing-glyph http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/fonts.html#MissingGlyphElement Unimplemented hkern http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/fonts.html#HKernElement Unimplemented vkern http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/fonts.html#VKernElement Unimplemented font-face-src http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/fonts.html#FontFaceSrcElement Unimplemented font-face-uri http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/fonts.html#FontFaceNameElement Unimplemented font-face-format http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/fonts.html#FontFaceNameElement Unimplemented font-face-name http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/fonts.html#FontFaceNameElement Unimplemented definition-src http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/fonts.html#DefinitionSrcElement Unimplemented Extensibility http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/extend.html#extensibility-mod foreignObject http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/extend.html#ForeignObjectElement Implemented <input type="search"> renders twice within <foreignObject> 6582