I guess I'm LGTM3 then On Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM Rick Byers <[email protected]> wrote:
> LGTM2 - excited to see this ship! > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 8:28 AM Alex Russell <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I regret that I have but one LGTM to give. >> >> LGTM1. >> >> On Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 2:10:25 PM UTC+1 Chromestatus wrote: >> >>> *Contact emails* >>> [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], >>> [email protected], [email protected] >>> >>> *Explainer* >>> https://github.com/WICG/html-in-canvas >>> >>> *Specification* >>> https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11588 >>> >>> *Summary* >>> HTML-in-canvas enables customizing the rendering of html using canvas >>> with new primitives to manage canvas layout, drawing capabilities, >>> rendering events for DOM-to-canvas synchronization, and geometry update >>> capabilities for canvas-to-DOM synchronization. >>> >>> *Blink component* >>> Blink>Canvas >>> <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3ECanvas%22> >>> >>> *Web Feature ID* >>> canvas <https://webstatus.dev/features/canvas> >>> >>> *Motivation* >>> High-performance web applications rely on <canvas> for control over >>> rendering that goes beyond standard HTML/CSS. However, by using <canvas>, >>> they lose all the rich, built-in features of the web platform, including: * >>> Advanced formatting, such as styled multi-line text. * Interactivity, such >>> as copy&paste, forms, and text selection. * Accessibility. This forces a >>> bad trade-off: developers must either re-implement these fundamental >>> browser features in JS, or simply not provide them, resulting in a sub-par, >>> inaccessible user experience. >>> >>> *Initial public proposal* >>> https://logs.csswg.org/irc.w3.org/css/2024-06-12/#e1628190 >>> >>> *TAG review* >>> https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/1204 >>> >>> *TAG review status* >>> Pending >>> >>> *Origin Trial Name* >>> html-in-canvas >>> >>> *Goals for experimentation* >>> API shape >>> >>> *Chromium Trial Name* >>> HTMLInCanvas >>> >>> *Origin Trial documentation link* >>> https://github.com/WICG/html-in-canvas >>> >>> *WebFeature UseCounter name* >>> kHTMLInCanvas >>> >>> *Goals for experimentation* >>> None >>> >>> *Risks* >>> >>> >>> *Interoperability and Compatibility* >>> This API exposes a small amount of new information which carries an >>> interop risk, such as the pixels of gradients and form controls. >>> >>> *Gecko*: No signal ( >>> https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1076) >>> >>> *WebKit*: Positive ( >>> https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/630) WebKit has >>> begun early implementation work in >>> https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/70542. >>> >>> *Web developers*: Positive ( >>> https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10650#issuecomment-3324124682) We >>> have positive signals from users of the Dev Trial and Origin Trials: >>> https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10650#issuecomment-3324124682 >>> >>> *Other signals*: >>> >>> *Security* >>> The feature reveals no new security information by only painting content >>> that is safe to read back. This is described in a new "read-back allowed >>> rendering" section of the explainer and accompanying spec: >>> https://github.com/WICG/html-in-canvas#read-back-allowed-rendering. >>> >>> *WebView application risks* >>> >>> Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such >>> that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? >>> *No information provided* >>> >>> >>> *Debuggability* >>> Content under canvas can be debugged like regular DOM content via >>> devtools. >>> >>> *Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, >>> Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?* >>> Yes >>> There are no platform restrictions. This is a new canvas/html feature >>> and works on all platforms where those are supported, which is every >>> platform. >>> >>> *Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests >>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>?* >>> Yes >>> >>> https://wpt.fyi/results/html/canvas/element/manual/draw-element-image?label=experimental&label=master&aligned >>> >>> *DevTrial instructions* >>> >>> https://github.com/WICG/html-in-canvas?tab=readme-ov-file#developer-trial-dev-trial-information >>> >>> *Flag name on about://flags* >>> chrome://flags/#canvas-draw-element >>> >>> *Finch feature name* >>> CanvasDrawElement >>> >>> *Rollout plan* >>> Will ship enabled for all users >>> >>> *Requires code in //chrome?* >>> False >>> >>> *Tracking bug* >>> https://crbug.com/500967896 >>> >>> *Measurement* >>> CanvasHtml WebFeature counter: >>> https://chromestatus.com/metrics/webfeature/timeline/popularity/445 >>> >>> *Availability expectation* >>> It is difficult to put an exact timeline on support in other browsers >>> given the complexity of the feature, but the feature is expected to be >>> implemented in all engines and not be a chromium-specific feature. >>> >>> *Adoption expectation* >>> As this is a new platform primitive, the feature would immediately be >>> considered best-practice once it reaches Web Platform baseline, and there >>> is strong developer interest to use this immediately ( >>> https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10650#issuecomment-3324124682). >>> >>> *Adoption plan* >>> The plan is to continue to actively engage with other implementors to >>> support this feature in all browsers. We have documentation lined up to >>> support this feature. >>> >>> *Estimated milestones* >>> Shipping on desktop 157 >>> Origin trial desktop first 148 >>> Origin trial desktop last 150 >>> Origin trial extension 1 end milestone 154 >>> Origin trial extension 2 end milestone 160 >>> DevTrial on desktop 138 >>> Shipping on Android 157 >>> Origin trial Android first 148 >>> Origin trial Android last 150 >>> DevTrial on Android 138 >>> Shipping on WebView 157 >>> Origin trial WebView first 148 >>> Origin trial WebView last 150 >>> >>> *Anticipated spec changes* >>> >>> Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or >>> interop issues. Please list open issues (e.g. links to known github issues >>> in the project for the feature specification) whose resolution may >>> introduce web compat/interop risk (e.g., changing to naming or structure of >>> the API in a non-backward-compatible way). >>> All open comments have a proposed resolution and we don't expect >>> substantive changes. >>> >>> *Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status* >>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5172548013916160?gate=5186330228424704 >>> >>> *Links to previous Intent discussions* >>> Intent to Prototype: >>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/a473b17f-def6-4bb7-85ee-344947c5ecabn%40chromium.org >>> Intent to Experiment: >>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/t_nGEmJ_v4s >>> Intent to Extend Experiment 1: >>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/6a2997ea.8b46cef5.209277.04ee.GAE%40google.com >>> Intent to Extend Experiment 2: >>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/6a9f2b61.81999fdc.3b7fb5.016d.GAE%40google.com >>> >>> >>> This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status >>> <https://chromestatus.com>. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "blink-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/92855ffa-6e15-4803-bc22-add04a3acb23n%40chromium.org >> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/92855ffa-6e15-4803-bc22-add04a3acb23n%40chromium.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAFUtAY8r0Ct1ApjWcf1JHe0fJwJ5Goo9ps%3Dy75LDDc3i_dChow%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAFUtAY8r0Ct1ApjWcf1JHe0fJwJ5Goo9ps%3Dy75LDDc3i_dChow%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. 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