Comparison of layout engines (Scalable Vector Graphics)

The following tables compare SVG compatibility and support for a number of layout engines.

Scalable Vector Graphics

Explanation of tables

See list of layout engines for the full list. Adobe SVG Viewer, Batik, eSVG and Renesis are SVG-Plugins.

Values

These indicate the level of support for the given item in each engine. By default, the most recent version of the engine is implied. However, a specific version number can be listed; when this indicates full support, it's the initial version of the engine fully supporting the item.

Legend
Value Meaning
Yes Fully supported
No Has never been supported
Partial Only some values are supported
Incorrect Not implemented correctly in all cases
Experimental May be incomplete or buggy
Nightly build Currently in development; full support is expected
Depends Only supported for the specified conditions
Dropped No longer supported

SVG version support

Trident Gecko WebKit Blink Presto KHTML Prince Amaya Batik Renesis LeonLabs
SVG 1.1 Tiny (SVGT) 5.0[t 1] Partial[g 1] Partial Partial 1.0 Partial[note 1] Partial Partial Mostly Partial Partial
Basic (SVGB) Mostly
Full
1.2 Tiny No No No No 2.1 No ? ? Partial Partial Partial
Full No No No No No No
sXBL Yes
XBL 2.0 No

Embedding

This table shows support status of different ways of embedding SVG into HTML, for different layout engines.

Trident Gecko WebKit Blink Presto KSVG Amaya
<img> 5.0[t 1] 2.0[g 2] Yes[w 1] ? 2.1 No 5.1
<embed> 1.8 Yes[w 2] Partial[note 2] Partial[note 3] 5.2
<object> Yes 5.1
CSS background-image 2.0[g 3] No 2.1 No ?
CSS list-style-image Partial[note 4] ?
as Favicon No 41[g 4] No 80[b 1] 2.1.1 ?
in data URIs 5.0 Yes Yes ? No ? ?

SVG 1.1 support

Comparison of various Scalable Vector Graphics element support.

Profile Element Trident Gecko WebKit[w 3] Blink Presto KSVG Prince Amaya Adobe SVG Viewer Batik Renesis LeonLabs
Structure Module
Tiny svg 5.0[t 2] 1.8 522 ? 1.0 Yes Yes Yes 1.0 Yes Yes 1.0
g 2.0 1.0
defs 6.0 ?
desc No No ?
title ? 3.0
metadata ? ? 2.0
use Yes[w 4] No 6.0 Yes 1.0 0.6
Basic symbol 522 ?
Conditional Processing Module
Tiny switch Yes 1.8 522 ? 2.0 ? No ? 2.0 Yes No 1.0
Image Module
Tiny image 5.0[t 2] 2.0[g 5] 522 ? 2.0 No 5.1 4.0 1.0 Yes 0.5 1.0
Style Module
Tiny style 5.0[t 1] 1.8 522 ? 2.0 ? Yes Yes 1.0 Yes 0.6 1.0
Shape Module
Tiny circle 5.0[t 2] 1.8 522 ? 2.0 Yes Yes 4.0 1.0 Yes 1.0 1.0
ellipse
line
path
polygon
polyline
rect 0.6
Text Module
Tiny text 5.0[t 1] 1.8 522 ? 2.0 Yes 5.1 4.0 1.0 Yes 0.7 1.0
Basic tspan Yes
tref No[g 6] No 6.3 0.6
textPath 1.8.1 4.0 No
Full altGlyph Partial[g 7][g 8] Partial 2.2 ? 2.0
altGlyphDef No No ?
altGlyphItem ? ? No
glyphRef 2.2 ? 2.0
Profile Element Trident Gecko WebKit Blink Presto KSVG Prince XML Amaya Adobe SVG Viewer Batik Renesis LeonLabs
Marker Module
Full marker 5.0[t 1] 1.8 522 ? 2.0 ? 6.0 ? 3.0 Yes 1.0 1.0
Color Profile Module
Full color-profile No No[g 9] No[w 5] ? No No No ? 3.0 Yes No 1.0
Gradient Module
Basic linearGradient 5.0[t 1] 1.8 522 ? 1.0 Yes 6.0 ? 1.0 Yes 0.5 1.0
radialGradient 2.0 ?
stop 1.0 ? ?
Pattern Module
Basic pattern 5.0[t 1] 1.9 522 ? 2.0 Yes ? ? 2.0 Yes 0.5 1.0ttt
Clip Module
Basic clipPath 5.0[t 1] 1.8 Mostly[w 6] ? 2.0 ? ? ? 1.0 Yes 0.6 1.0
Mask Module
Basic mask 5.0[t 1] 1.9 522 ? 2.0 ? ? ? 1.0 Yes No 1.0
Filter Module
Basic feBlend 6.0[t 3] 1.9 Nightly build[w 7] ? 2.0 ? No ? 1.0 Yes No
feColorMatrix ? ? 1.0
feComponentTransfer ? ?
feComposite ? ?
feFlood ? ?
feGaussianBlur ? ? 1.0
feImage ? ? 1.0
feMerge ? ?
feOffset ? ? 1.0
feTile ? ?
Full filter Nightly build[w 7] ? ?
feConvolveMatrix Nightly build[w 8] ? ?
feDiffuseLighting Nightly build[w 9] ? ?
feDisplacementMap Nightly build[w 7] ? ?
feMergeNode ? ?
feMorphology ? ?
feSpecularLighting Nightly build[w 10] ? ?
feTurbulence Nightly build[w 11] ? ?
feDistantLight No ? ?
fePointLight ? ?
feSpotLight ? ?
feFuncR Nightly build[w 7] ? ?
feFuncG ? ?
feFuncB ? ?
feFuncA ? ?
Profile Element Trident Gecko WebKit Blink Presto KSVG Prince XML Amaya Adobe SVG Viewer Batik Renesis LeonLabs
Cursor Module
Full cursor No[t 4] No[g 10] Partial ? No ? ? ? No Yes 0.6
Hyperlinking Module
Tiny a Yes 1.8 522 ? 1.0 Yes 5.1 8.2 1.0 Yes 0.6 1.0
View Module
Basic view No 15.0[g 11] Partial ? 2.0 ? ? ? 3.0 Yes No 1.0
Scripting Module
Tiny script Yes 1.8 522 ? 2.0 ? ? ? 1.0 Yes 0.5
Animation Module
Tiny animate No 2.0[g 12] No ? 2.0 Yes No Yes 1.0 Yes No 1.0
set Partial
animateMotion 2.0[g 13] No 1.0
animateTransform 2.0[g 12] 1.0
animateColor (deprecated) No[g 14] Yes
mpath 2.0[g 13] 522 ? ? 2.0
Font Module
Tiny font No No[g 15] Yes ? 2.0 ? ? ? 2.0 Yes 1.0 1.0
font-face 1.0 ? ? ? Dropped[note 5]
glyph ? ? ? 1.0
missing-glyph ? ? ?
Full hkern Nightly build[w 12] 2.0 ? ? ? No
vkern Nightly build[w 13] ? ? ?
font-face-src Yes No ? ? ? No
font-face-uri 2.0 ? ? ?
font-face-format No ? ? ? No
font-face-name ? ? ? Yes
Extensibility Module
Full foreignObject No 1.9 522 ? 2.0 ? No 7.2 No No No No
Profile Element Trident Gecko WebKit Blink Presto KSVG Prince XML Amaya Adobe SVG Viewer Batik Renesis

LeonLabs

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.[o 1]
  2. <embed> Presto does not scale the image properly if its size is given in relative units.
  3. <embed>, <object> KSVG does not scale the image properly if its size is given in relative units.
  4. list-style-image WebKit does render the image if its size is given in relative units.[w 1]
  5. Renesis 0.7 supports that feature, but because of the rewrite of the plugin Renesis 1.0 doesn't support this any longer.[o 2]

References

  • "SVG 1.1 Conformance Suite Implementation Status".
  • "W3C SVG Test Suite Results — Summary results of W3C test suite on multiple browsers, different versions and browser plugins. Last updated 2011-03-24". Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  • "When can I use... SVG support tables in desktop and mobile browsers". Retrieved October 2, 2012.

    Trident references

    Gecko references

    WebKit references

    Other references

    1. See "KSVG Homepage". Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. KSVG seems to be inactive as of 2012.
    2. Renesis support notes (PDF), Examotion GmbH, retrieved 2008-08-04
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