Comparison of layout engines (HTML 5)

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The following tables compare support of HTML 5 differences from HTML 4 for a number of layout engines. The specification is still a working draft, not a recommendation, and thus not stable. Unless otherwise specified in footnotes, comparisons are based on the stable versions without any add-ons, extensions or external programs.

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[edit] Explanation of the tables

[edit] 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 and other Internet Explorer shells
Tasman Internet Explorer for Mac; MSN for Mac OS X
Gecko All Mozilla software, including Firefox; SeaMonkey; Galeon; Camino; K-Meleon; Flock; also Epiphany-gecko
WebKit Safari; Google Chrome; Shiira; iCab 4; experimentally Epiphany; Adobe Air; Midori; OmniWeb; Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
KHTML Konqueror
Presto Opera; Opera Mobile, Nintendo DS Browser; Internet Channel; future Adobe Systems products
iCab iCab 1-3

[edit] 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/element when valid values are used.
No Indicates that the property/element is completely ignored.
Partial Indicates that the property/element is understood, but that not all values are supported. Supported values are implemented correctly.
Incorrect Indicates that the property/element is understood, but that it is not implemented correctly in all cases.
Experimental Indicates that the property/element is provided in experimental form under an alternative name, generally with only partial functionality.

[edit] Web Forms 2.0

Trident Gecko WebKit Presto
Attributes
min No No No 9.0
max No No No 9.0
step No No No 9.0
pattern No No No 9.0
required No No No 9.0
form No No No 9.0
autocomplete Yes Yes Yes 9.0
autofocus No No No 9.0
inputmode No No No 9.0
list No No No 9.0
template No No No 9.0
repeat No No No 9.0
repeat-min No No No 9.0
repeat-max No No No 9.0
Elements
datalist No No No 9.0
output No No No 9.0
Input types
datetime No No No 9.0
datetime-local No No No 9.0
date No No No 9.0
month No No No 9.0
week No No No 9.0
time No No No 9.0
number No No No 9.0
range No No Yes 9.0
email No No No 9.0
url No No No 9.0
add No No No 9.0
remove No No No 9.0
move-up No No No 9.0
move-down No No No 9.0
Trident Gecko WebKit Presto

Web Forms 2.0 features can be emulated with third-party libraries.

[edit] Web Applications 1.0

[edit] Elements

Trident Gecko WebKit Presto
canvas No Partial Partial Partial[1]
audio No 1.9.1 (Ogg Vorbis, WAV) Safari 3.1 No
video No 1.9.1 (Ogg Theora) Safari 3.1 (H.264) Experimental (Ogg Theora)[2]
section No No No No
article No No No No
aside No No No No
header No No No No
footer No No No No
nav No No No No
dialog No No No No
figure No No No No
embed 3.0 1.7 1.0 5.12
mark No No No No
meter No No No No
time No No No No
command No No No No
datagrid No No No No
details No No No No
eventsource No No No 9.0 (spec changed)
progress No No No No
Inline MathML No Partial[n 1] No[4] 9.5 (MathML for CSS, XHTML only)[5]
Inline SVG No Partial[n 2] Partial (XHTML only) Partial (XHTML only)
Trident Gecko WebKit Presto

[edit] Attributes

[edit] Element Specific

Attribute Element Trident Gecko WebKit Presto
manifest html No 1.9 Yes No
ping a No No[n 3] No No
area No No[n 3] No No
reversed ol No No No No
sandbox iframe No No No No
sizes link No No No No
Attribute Element Trident Gecko WebKit Presto

[edit] Global

Trident Gecko WebKit Presto
contenteditable 8.0 1.9 Yes 9.0
contextmenu No No No No
Datasets (data-*) No No No No
draggable No 1.9.1 Revision 45851[7] No
hidden No No No No
Trident Gecko WebKit Presto

[edit] APIs

Trident Gecko WebKit Presto
getElementsByClassName No 1.9 3.1 9.5
Client-side session and persistent storage 8.0 1.8[n 4] 3.1 No
registerProtocolHandler No 1.9[n 5] No No
registerContentHandler No 1.8[n 6] No No
Cross-document messaging 8.0 1.9 4.0 9.0
Server-sent DOM events No No[12] No 9.0
Drag-and-drop Partial 1.9.1 Partial No
Trident Gecko WebKit Presto

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Supported in XHTML and in HTML when the html5.enable preference is set.[3]
  2. ^ Supported in XHTML and in HTML when the html5.enable preference is set.
  3. ^ a b Experimental implementation has been turned off by default in 1.9 due to specification changes late in the development cycle.[6]
  4. ^ Fails when the key is an empty string.[8][9]
  5. ^ Limited to the feed protocol in 1.8; fully supported in 1.9.[10]
  6. ^ Limited to feed MIME types in 1.8 and 1.9.[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2009-July/020741.html
  4. ^ http://webkit.org/projects/mathml/index.html
  5. ^ http://my.opera.com/mathml/blog/2008/06/12/opera-9-5-released
  6. ^ "Bug 415168 - Disable <a ping> for Firefox 3". Mozilla. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=415168. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  7. ^ https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/45851
  8. ^ [3]
  9. ^ [4]
  10. ^ "DOM:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler". Mozilla Developer Center. http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  11. ^ "DOM:window.navigator.registerContentHandler". Mozilla Developer Center. http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:window.navigator.registerContentHandler#Notes. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  12. ^ "Add support for Server-Sent DOM Events (Remote Events)". https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=338583. Retrieved on 2009-03-30. 

[edit] External links

v • d • e
Layout engines
List of layout engines
Amaya · Boxely · Gecko · GtkHTML · HTMLayout · KHTML · Mariner · Presto · Prince · Tasman · Tkhtml · Trident · WebKit  · Gazelle
Comparison of layout engines
HTML · XML · XHTML · Graphics · CSS · DOM · HTML 5 · ECMAScript · SVG · Non-standard HTML
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