[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 18227] New: SVG does not support "transparent" wmode

Sun Mar 30 15:37:25 PDT 2008

http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18227

           Summary: SVG does not support "transparent" wmode
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 526+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Macintosh
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.5
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: SVG
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: ksosjq102 at sneakemail.com

Since inline SVG does not work unless the page is sent with an XHTML MIME type,
and since sending an XHTML MIME type breaks every other part of the page's
rendering, we have to use non-standard embed tags to get SVG content into our
pages. Unfortunately, this always draws a white background over the SVG view
box regardless of whether or not wmode is set to "transparent." This makes it
impossible to composite SVG graphics over HTML/CSS elements unless they happen
to be solid white blocks. 

Example:

<html>
<body style="background-color: #ccc;">
<embed src="/images/spinner.svg" type="image/svg+xml" width="30" height="30"
wmode="transparent" />
</body>
</html>

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