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SVG 2 is the next major version of the SVG standard, which is a complete rework of the SVG 1.2 draft.
Version 2 contains a lot of changes regarding the last stable version SVG 1.1 . Those changes are listed below including their support status within Mozilla applications.
General
Change
Notes
length
attribute and indexed property for list interfaces
Implementation status unknown
<script>
element in content model of all elements
Implementation status unknown
initialize()
, appendItem()
, replaceItem()
and insertItemBefore()
on list objects making a copy of any list item being inserted that is already in another list
Implementation status unknown
crossorigin
attribute for <image>
and <script>
elements
Not implemented yet (at least for <image>
; bug 1240357 )
Rendering Model
Change
Notes
Allow overflow
: auto;
to clip and show scroll bars
Implementation status unknown
Allow overflow
: scroll;
to show scroll bars on <svg>
elements
Implementation status unknown
Basic Data Types and Interfaces
Document Structure
Change
Notes
SVGSVGElement.suspendRedraw()
, SVGSVGElement.unsuspendRedraw()
and SVGSVGElement.unsuspendRedrawAll()
deprecated
Deprecated in bug 734079
externalResourcesRequired
attribute removed
Implementation status unknown
auto
value for width
and height
in <image>
Implementation status unknown
referencing entire document
Implementation status unknown
lang
attribute on <desc>
and <title>
Implemented (bug 721920 )
CSS transforms on outermost <svg>
not affecting SVGSVGElement.currentScale
or SVGSVGElement.currentTranslate
Implementation status unknown
rootElement
attribute deprecated
Implementation status unknown
SVGElementInstance
and SVGElementInstanceList
and corresponding attributes on SVGUseElement
removed
Implementation status unknown
<use>
event flow following Shadow DOM spec.
Implementation status unknown
auto
as initial value for width
and height
attributes of <svg>
Implementation status unknown
baseProfile
and version
attributes removed from <svg>
Implementation status unknown
SVGSVGElement.forceRedraw()
deprecated
Implementation status unknown
SVGSVGElement.deselectAll()
deprecated
Implementation status unknown
<switch>
not affecting <style>
Implementation status unknown
requiredFeatures
attribute removed
Implementation status unknown
SVGSVGElement.currentView
and SVGSVGElement.useCurrentView
removed
SVGSVGElement.currentView
was never implemented, SVGSVGElement.useCurrentView
not removed yet (bug 1174097 )
SVGUnknownElement
Not implemented (bug 1239218 )
lang
attribute without namespace
Implemented (bug 721920 )
SVGSVGElement.viewport
removed
Never implemented
xml:base
attribute removed
Implementation status unknown
Styling
Geometry
Change
Notes
x
and y
attributes removed from <pattern>
and <filter>
Implementation status unknown
auto
value of width
and height
computes to 0
Not implemented
Change
Notes
Exception for bad values on SVGMatrix.skewX()
and SVGMatrix.skewY()
Implementation status unknown
defer
keyword removed from preserveAspectRatio
attribute
Implementation status unknown
Paths
Change
Notes
B
and b
path commands
Implementation status unknown
Z
and z
path commands to add path coordinate data to previous command
Implementation status unknown
Not render <path>
, <polygon>
and <polyline>
with no data
Implementation status unknown
SVGPathSeg*
, SVGAnimatedPathData
and related methods removed from SVGPathElement
Implementation status unknown
Basic Shapes
Change
Notes
SVGAnimatedPoints.animatedPoints
as alias of SVGAnimatedPoints.points
Implementation status unknown
Text
Change
Notes
inline-size
attribute for <text>
Implementation status unknown
white-space
Implementation status unknown
Deprecated xml:space
attribute
Implementation status unknown
kerning
property removed
Implementation status unknown
d
attribute for <textPath>
Implementation status unknown
Reference basic shapes to <textPath>
Implementation status unknown
<tref>
removed
Implementation status unknown
<altGlyph>
, <altGlyphDef>
, <altGlyphItem>
and <glyphRef>
removed
Implementation status unknown
SVGTextContentElement.selectSubString()
deprecated
Implementation status unknown
getComputedTextLength()
not including dx
and dy
values
Implementation status unknown
Embedded Content
Change
Notes
<video>
Implementation status unknown
<audio>
Implementation status unknown
<iframe>
Implementation status unknown
<canvas>
Implementation status unknown
<source>
Implementation status unknown
<track>
Implementation status unknown
Painting
Change
Notes
paint-order
Implemented (bug 828805 )
will-change
Implementation status unknown
context-fill
and context-stroke
paint values
Implemented (bug 719286 (Firefox 18.0 / Thunderbird 18.0 / SeaMonkey 2.15) and bug 798843 (Firefox 26.0 / Thunderbird 26.0 / SeaMonkey 2.23))
child
keyword for <paint>
values and marker properties
Implementation status unknown
ID-less referencing in <child-selector>
values
Implementation status unknown
vector-effect
property
Only none
and non-scaling-stroke
values are supported (bug 528332 (Firefox 15 / Thunderbird 15 / SeaMonkey 2.12), bug 1265666 )
arcs
value for stroke-linejoin
Not implemented (bug 1239142 )
auto-start-reverse
value for <marker>
's orient attribute
Implemented (bug 879659 )
SVGPaint
removed
Implementation status unknown
fill
and stroke
taking multiple paints
Implementation status unknown
z-index
Not implemented (bug 360148
child(<integer>
)
paint value
Implementation status unknown
Color
Paint Servers
Interactivity
Change
Notes
bounding-box
on pointer-events
Not implemented (bug 945187 )
load
, abort
, error
and unload
instead of SVGLoad
, SVGAbort
, SVGError
and SVGUnload
Not implemented (bug 620002 )
resize
and scroll
instead of SVGResize
and SVGScroll
Implementation status unknown
DOMActivate
removed
Implementation status unknown
focusin
and focusout
instead of DOMFocusIn
and DOMFocusOut
Implementation status unknown
Keyboard events
Implementation status unknown
Mutation events removed
Implementation status unknown
Linking
Change
Notes
Link SVG resources with fragment identifiers
Implementation status unknown
xlink:type
, xlink:role
, xlink:arcrole
, xlink:show
and xlink:actuate
attributes removed
Implementation status unknown
xlink:href
attribute deprecated in favor of href
Not implemented (bug 1245751 )
xlink:title
attribute deprecated in favor of child <title>
Implementation status unknown
Spaces in SVG view fragments
Implementation status unknown
pixel:
and percent:
spatial media fragments
Implementation status unknown
viewTarget
attribute of <view>
and corresponding SVG view fragment parameter removed
Implementation status unknown
Fonts
Document Tags and Contributors
Last updated by:
Sebastianz ,
Apr 19, 2016, 4:10:05 AM