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Scalable Vector Graphics

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Comparison of layout engines (SVG)
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This article is a comparison of layout engine support for Scalable Vector Graphics. SVG redirects here. ...

Contents

Explanation of the tables

Engine nomenclature

Rather than the names of web browsers, the names of the underlying engines are used. The browsers that use the various engines are listed below.

Layout Engine Used By
Trident Internet Explorer
Tasman Internet Explorer for Mac
Gecko All Mozilla software, including Firefox; GNOME's Galeon
WebKit Safari
KHTML KDE
Presto Opera
iCab iCab

Batik and Adobe SVG Viewer are Plugins. Trident (also known as MSHTML) is the name of the layout engine for the Microsoft Windows version of Internet Explorer. ... Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer abbreviated MSIE), commonly abbreviated to IE, is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995. ... Tasman is the name of the layout engine introduced with version 5 of Internet Explorer for Mac. ... Internet Explorer for Mac (also referred to as Internet Explorer:mac, IE:mac or Internet Explorer Macintosh Edition) was a proprietary web browser developed by Microsoft for the Macintosh platform. ... Epiphany using Gecko to render the Wikipedia main page Gecko is the open source, free software web browser layout engine used in all Mozilla-branded software and its derivatives, including later Netscape releases. ... Mozilla was the official, public, original name of Mozilla Application Suite by the Mozilla Foundation, nowadays called SeaMonkey suite. ... Firefox may refer to: Firefox (novel), written by Craig Thomas, published in 1978 Firefox (film), the 1982 movie starring Clint Eastwood, based on the novel Firefox (arcade game), the laserdisc arcade game based on the movie Mozilla Firefox, a web browser The Red Fox or the Red Panda, based on... WebKit is an application framework included with Mac OS X v10. ... Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. ... Konqueror using KHTML to render the Wikipedia front page. ... For the NYSE stock ticker symbol KDE, see 4Kids Entertainment. ... Presto is the name of the current (Opera 9 series) layout engine for the Opera web browser developed by Opera Software. ... Opera is an Internet suite which handles common internet-related tasks, including visiting web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, and online chat. ... iCab is a highly-configurable web browser for the Macintosh by iCab Company. ... iCab is a highly-configurable web browser for the Macintosh by iCab Company. ... Batik is a pure-Java library that can be used to render, generate, and manipulate SVG graphics. ... Adobe Systems (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: ) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Adobe was founded in December 1982[1] by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who established the company after leaving Xerox PARC in order to develop and sell... For other uses, see Plug in. ...


Values

Values indicate the level of support in the most recent version of the layout engine, or (if a version number is given) in the specified version. Version numbers without any other value indicate the version at which the layout engine first fully supported the feature.

Value Meaning
Yes Indicates that the layout engine fully supports this property when valid values are used.
No Indicates that this property is completely ignored.
Partial Indicates that the property is understood, but that not all values are supported. Supported values are implemented correctly.
Buggy Indicates that the property is understood, but that it is not implemented correctly in all cases.
Experimental Indicates that the property is provided in experimental form under an alternative name, generally with only partial functionality.

SVG version support

Trident Tasman Gecko WebKit KHTML Presto iCab Batik Adobe SVG Viewer
SVG 1.1 Tiny (SVGT) No No Partial Partial Partial 8.0 No  ?  ?
Basic (SVGB) No No Partial Partial Partial Mostly No  ?  ?
Full No No Partial Partial Partial Partial No Mostly Partial
1.2 Tiny No No No No No Partial - 9.5a No Partial No
sXBL No No No No No No No Yes No
XBL 2.0 No No No No No No No No No

Trident (also known as MSHTML) is the name of the layout engine for the Microsoft Windows version of Internet Explorer. ... Tasman is the name of the layout engine introduced with version 5 of Internet Explorer for Mac. ... Epiphany using Gecko to render the Wikipedia main page Gecko is the open source, free software web browser layout engine used in all Mozilla-branded software and its derivatives, including later Netscape releases. ... WebKit is an application framework included with Mac OS X v10. ... Konqueror using KHTML to render the Wikipedia front page. ... Presto is the name of the current (Opera 9 series) layout engine for the Opera web browser developed by Opera Software. ... iCab is a highly-configurable web browser for the Macintosh by iCab Company. ... Batik is a pure-Java library that can be used to render, generate, and manipulate SVG graphics. ... Adobe Systems (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: ) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Adobe was founded in December 1982[1] by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who established the company after leaving Xerox PARC in order to develop and sell... SVG redirects here. ... sXBL (for SVGs XML Binding Language) is a mechanism for defining the presentation and interactive behavior of elements described in a namespace other than SVGs (SVG is an XML language supporting vector graphics, user events and scripted behavior). ... XBL or eXtensible Bindings Language is used to declare the behavior and look of XUL widgets and XML elements. ...

Gecko general overview notes

  1. SVG — Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 support a subset of SVG 1.1.[1] Gecko 1.9 will support many more features.[2]

KHTML general overview notes

  1. KHTML — Does not have any native image support. This is by design: in Konqueror, multimedia files are handled by KParts. The KDE project also developed an SVG plugin for Konqueror, known as KSVG.[3]

Konqueror is a file manager, web browser and file viewer, which was developed as part of the K Desktop Environment (KDE) by volunteers and runs on most Unix-like operating systems. ... In computer programming, KParts is the name of the component framework for the KDE desktop environment. ... For the NYSE stock ticker symbol KDE, see 4Kids Entertainment. ... For other uses, see Plug in. ... KSVG is a svg solution for khtml based browsers. ...

Presto general overview notes

  1. SVG Basic — Presto 9.0 has added quite large, but incomplete SVGB support.

SVG 1.1 support

Comparison of various Scalable Vector Graphics element support. SVG redirects here. ...


Note: IE does not support SVG natively, but requires third-party plugins. Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer abbreviated MSIE), commonly abbreviated to IE, is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995. ...

Trident Tasman Gecko WebKit KSVG Presto iCab Batik Adobe SVG Viewer
Structure Module
svg No No 1.8 522 Yes 8.0 (SVGT) No Yes 1.0
g No No 1.8 522 Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
defs No No 1.8 522 Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
desc No No 1.8 522 No 9.0 No Yes 1.0
title No No 1.8 522 No 9.0 No Yes 3.0
metadata No No 1.8 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 2.0
symbol No No 1.8 522 No 9.0 No Yes 1.0
use No No 1.8 522 No 9.0 No Yes 1.0
Conditional Processing Module
switch No No 1.8 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 2.0
Image Module
image No No 1.8 522 No 9.0 No Yes 1.0
Style Module
style No No 1.8 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
Shape Module
path No No 1.8 522 Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
rect No No 1.8 522 Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
circle No No 1.8 522 Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
line No No 1.8 522 Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
ellipse No No 1.8 522 Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
polyline No No 1.8 522 Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
polygon No No 1.8 522 Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
Text Module
text No No 1.8 522 Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
tspan No No 1.8 522 Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
tref No No No 522 Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
textPath No No 1.8.1 No Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
altGlyph No No No No ? No No Yes 2.0
altGlyphDef No No No No ? No No Yes 2.0
altGlyphItem No No No No ? No No Yes No
glyphRef No No No No ? No No Yes 2.0
Marker Module
marker No No 1.8 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 3.0
Color Profile Module
color-profile No No No No ? No No Yes 3.0
Gradient Module
linearGradient No No 1.8 522 Yes 8.0 No Yes 1.0
radialGradient No No 1.8 522 Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
stop No No 1.8 522 Yes 8.0 No Yes 1.0
Pattern Module
pattern No No 1.9 522 Yes 9.0 No Yes 2.0
Clip Module
clipPath No No 1.8 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
Mask Module
mask No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
Filter Module
filter No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feBlend No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feColorMatrix No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feComponentTransfer No No 1.8 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feComposite No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feConvolveMatrix No No 1.9 No ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feDiffuseLighting No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feDisplacementMap No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feFlood No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feGaussianBlur No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feImage No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feMerge No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feMergeNode No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feMorphology No No 1.9 No ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feOffset No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feSpecularLighting No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feTile No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feTurbulence No No 1.9 No ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feDistantLight No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
fePointLight No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feSpotLight No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feFuncR No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feFuncG No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feFuncB No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
feFuncA No No 1.9 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
Cursor Module
cursor No No No 522 ? No No Yes No
Hyperlinking Module
a No No 1.8 522 Yes 8.0 No Yes 1.0
View Module
view No No No No ? 9.0 No Yes 3.0
Scripting Module
script No No 1.8 522 ? 9.0 No Yes 1.0
Animation Module
animate No No No No Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
set No No No 522 Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
animateMotion No No No No No 9.0 No Yes 1.0
animateTransform No No No 522 No 9.0 No Yes 1.0
animateColor No No No 522 Yes 9.0 No Yes 1.0
mpath No No No No ? 9.0 No Yes 2.0
Font Module
font No No No No ? 9.0 No Yes 2.0
font-face No No No No ? 8.0 (SVGT) No Yes 2.0
glyph No No No No ? 8.0 (SVGT) No Yes 2.0
missing-glyph No No No No ? 8.0 (SVGT) No Yes 2.0
hkern No No No No ? 9.0 No Yes 2.0
vkern No No No No ? 9.0 No Yes 2.0
font-face-src No No No No ? No No Yes No
font-face-uri No No No No ? 9.0 No Yes No
font-face-format No No No No ? No No No No
font-face-name No No No No ? No No Yes No
definition-src No No No No ? No No No No
Extensibility Module
foreignObject No No 1.8 522 ? 9.0 No No No

Trident (also known as MSHTML) is the name of the layout engine for the Microsoft Windows version of Internet Explorer. ... Tasman is the name of the layout engine introduced with version 5 of Internet Explorer for Mac. ... Epiphany using Gecko to render the Wikipedia main page Gecko is the open source, free software web browser layout engine used in all Mozilla-branded software and its derivatives, including later Netscape releases. ... WebKit is an application framework included with Mac OS X v10. ... KSVG is a svg solution for khtml based browsers. ... Presto is the name of the current (Opera 9 series) layout engine for the Opera web browser developed by Opera Software. ... iCab is a highly-configurable web browser for the Macintosh by iCab Company. ... Batik is a pure-Java library that can be used to render, generate, and manipulate SVG graphics. ... Adobe Systems (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: ) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Adobe was founded in December 1982[1] by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who established the company after leaving Xerox PARC in order to develop and sell...

References

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Footnotes

  1. ^ SVG in Firefox 2.0
  2. ^ Mozilla SVG Status (development version)
  3. ^ See http://svg.kde.org/. KSVG seems to be inactive as of 2007.

2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

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Layout engines
List of layout engines Trident · Presto · Gecko · Tasman · WebKit · KHTML · iCab · Prince · GtkHTML · Gzilla · Boxely · Tkhtml · NetSurf · Robin
Comparison of layout engines HTML · XML · XHTML · Graphics · CSS · DOM · HTML 5 · ECMAScript · SVG · Deprecated and proprietary Tags and Atrributes
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