Supported Features

  • EventTarget.addEventListener()

    DOM
    The modern standard API for adding DOM event handlers. Introduced in the DOM Level 2 Events spec. Also implies support for
    removeEventListener
    , the [capture phase](https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-event-capturing_phase) of DOM event dispatch, as well as the
    stopPropagation()
    and
    preventDefault()
    event methods.
  • Base64 encoding and decoding

    JS API
    Utility functions for of encoding and decoding strings to and from base 64: window.atob() and window.btoa().
  • CSS3 Background-image options

    CSS3
    New properties to affect background images, including background-clip, background-origin and background-size
  • CSS3 Border images

    CSS3
    Method of using images for borders
  • Canvas (basic support)

    CanvasHTML5
    Method of generating fast, dynamic graphics using JavaScript.
  • classList (DOMTokenList)

    DOMHTML5
    Method of easily manipulating classes on elements, using the
    DOMTokenList
    object.
  • Node.compareDocumentPosition()

    DOM
    Compares the relative position of two nodes to each other in the DOM tree.
  • console.time and console.timeEnd

    JS API
    Functions for measuring performance
  • const

    JS
    Declares a constant with block level scope
  • CSS background-position edge offsets

    CSS3
    Allows CSS background images to be positioned relative to the specified edge using the 3 to 4 value syntax. For example:
    background-position: right 5px bottom 5px;
    for positioning 5px from the bottom-right corner.
  • CSS box-decoration-break

    CSS3
    Controls whether the box's margins, borders, padding, and other decorations wrap the broken edges of the box fragments (when the box is split by a break (page/column/region/line).
  • CSS Counters

    CSS2
    Method of controlling number values in generated content, using the
    counter-reset
    and
    counter-increment
    properties.
  • :default CSS pseudo-class

    CSS
    The
    :default
    pseudo-class matches checkboxes and radio buttons which are checked by default,
    <option>
    s with the
    selected
    attribute, and the default submit button (if any) of a form.
  • CSS Feature Queries

    CSS3
    CSS Feature Queries allow authors to condition rules based on whether particular property declarations are supported in CSS using the @supports at rule.
  • ::first-letter CSS pseudo-element selector

    CSS
    CSS pseudo-element that allows styling only the first "letter" of text within an element. Useful for implementing initial caps or drop caps styling.
  • CSS first-line pseudo-element

    CSS3
    Allows styling specifically for the first line of text using the
    ::first-line
    pseudo-element. Note that only a limited set of properties can be applied.
  • CSS Generated content for pseudo-elements

    CSS2CSS3
    Method of displaying text or images before or after the given element's contents using the ::before and ::after pseudo-elements. All browsers with support also support the
    attr()
    notation in the
    content
    property.
  • :in-range and :out-of-range CSS pseudo-classes

    CSS
    If a temporal or number
    <input>
    has
    max
    and/or
    min
    attributes, then
    :in-range
    matches when the value is within the specified range and
    :out-of-range
    matches when the value is outside the specified range. If there are no range constraints, then neither pseudo-class matches.
  • :indeterminate CSS pseudo-class

    CSS
    The
    :indeterminate
    pseudo-class matches indeterminate checkboxes, indeterminate
    <progress>
    bars, and radio buttons with no checked button in their radio button group.
  • Media Queries: resolution feature

    CSSCSS3
    Allows a media query to be set based on the device pixels used per CSS unit. While the standard uses
    min
    /
    max-resolution
    for this, some browsers support the older non-standard
    device-pixel-ratio
    media query.
  • CSS3 Media Queries

    CSS3
    Method of applying styles based on media information. Includes things like page and device dimensions
  • CSS namespaces

    CSS
    Using the
    @namespace
    at-rule, elements of other namespaces (e.g. SVG) can be targeted using the pipe (
    |
    ) selector.
  • CSS3 Opacity

    CSS3
    Method of setting the transparency level of an element
  • :optional CSS pseudo-class

    CSS
    The
    :optional
    pseudo-class matches form inputs (
    <input>
    ,
    <textarea>
    ,
    <select>
    ) which are not
    :required
    .
  • CSS overflow property

    CSS
    Originally a single property for controlling overflowing content in both horizontal & vertical directions, the
    overflow
    property is now a shorthand for
    overflow-x
    &
    overflow-y
    . The latest version of the specification also introduces the
    clip
    value that blocks programmatic scrolling.
  • CSS page-break properties

    CSS
    Properties to control the way elements are broken across (printed) pages.
  • CSS 2.1 selectors

    CSS2
    Basic CSS selectors including:
    *
    (universal selector),
    >
    (child selector),
    :first-child
    ,
    :link
    ,
    :visited
    ,
    :active
    ,
    :hover
    ,
    :focus
    ,
    :lang()
    ,
    +
    (adjacent sibling selector),
    [attr]
    ,
    [attr="val"]
    ,
    [attr~="val"]
    ,
    [attr|="bar"]
    ,
    .foo
    (class selector),
    #foo
    (id selector)
  • CSS3 selectors

    CSS3
    Advanced element selection using selectors including:
    [foo^="bar"]
    ,
    [foo$="bar"]
    ,
    [foo*="bar"]
    ,
    :root
    ,
    :nth-child()
    ,
    :nth-last-child()
    ,
    :nth-of-type()
    ,
    :nth-last-of-type()
    ,
    :last-child
    ,
    :first-of-type
    ,
    :last-of-type
    ,
    :only-child
    ,
    :only-of-type
    ,
    :empty
    ,
    :target
    ,
    :enabled
    ,
    :disabled
    ,
    :checked
    ,
    :not()
    ,
    ~
    (general sibling)
  • CSS.supports() API

    DOMJS API
    The CSS.supports() static methods returns a Boolean value indicating if the browser supports a given CSS feature, or not.
  • CSS Table display

    CSS2
    Method of displaying elements as tables, rows, and cells. Includes support for all
    display: table-*
    properties as well as
    display: inline-table
  • CSS text-indent

    CSS
    The
    text-indent
    property applies indentation to lines of inline content in a block.
  • CSS3 Text-shadow

    CSS3
    Method of applying one or more shadow or blur effects to text
  • CSS3 Box-sizing

    CSS3
    Method of specifying whether or not an element's borders and padding should be included in size units
  • CSS3 Colors

    CSS3
    Method of describing colors using Hue, Saturation and Lightness (hsl()) rather than just RGB, as well as allowing alpha-transparency with rgba() and hsla().
  • CSS3 tab-size

    CSS3
    Method of customizing the width of the tab character. Only effective using 'white-space: pre', 'white-space: pre-wrap', and 'white-space: break-spaces'.
  • CSS currentColor value

    CSS
    A CSS value that will apply the existing
    color
    value to other properties like
    background-color
    , etc.
  • CustomEvent

    DOMJS API
    A DOM event interface that can carry custom application-defined data.
  • dataset & data-* attributes

    HTML5
    Method of applying and accessing custom data to elements.
  • Data URIs

    Other
    Method of embedding images and other files in webpages as a string of text, generally using base64 encoding.
  • Date.prototype.toLocaleDateString

    JS
    Date method to generate a language sensitive representation of a given date, formatted based on a specified locale and options.
  • Window.devicePixelRatio

    CSSDOM
    Read-only property that returns the ratio of the (vertical) size of one physical pixel on the current display device to the size of one CSS pixel.
  • EventTarget.dispatchEvent

    DOM
    Method to programmatically trigger a DOM event.
  • DNSSEC and DANE

    Security
    Method of validating a DNS response against a trusted root server. Mitigates various attacks that could reroute a user to a fake site while showing the real URL for the original site.
  • document.evaluate & XPath

    DOMJS API
    Allow nodes in an XML/HTML document to be traversed using XPath expressions.
  • document.head

    DOM
    Convenience property for accessing the
    <head>
    element
  • Document Object Model Range

    DOMJS API
    A contiguous range of content in a Document, DocumentFragment or Attr
  • DOMContentLoaded

    DOM
    JavaScript event that fires when the DOM is loaded, but before all page assets are loaded (CSS, images, etc.).
  • document.elementFromPoint()

    DOM
    Given coordinates for a point relative to the viewport, returns the element that a click event would be dispatched at if the user were to click the point (in other words, the element that hit-testing would find).
  • ECMAScript 5

    JS
    Full support for the ECMAScript 5 specification. Features include
    Function.prototype.bind
    , Array methods like
    indexOf
    ,
    forEach
    ,
    map
    &
    filter
    , Object methods like
    defineProperty
    ,
    create
    &
    keys
    , the
    trim
    method on Strings and many more.
  • disabled attribute of the fieldset element

    DOMHTML5
    Allows disabling all of the form control descendants of a fieldset via a
    disabled
    attribute on the fieldset element itself.
  • CSS Flexible Box Layout Module

    CSS3
    Method of positioning elements in horizontal or vertical stacks. Support includes all properties prefixed with
    flex
    , as well as
    display: flex
    ,
    display: inline-flex
    ,
    align-content
    ,
    align-items
    ,
    align-self
    ,
    justify-content
    and
    order
    .
  • Form attribute

    HTML5
    Attribute for associating input and submit buttons with a form.
  • Attributes for form submission

    HTML5
    Attributes for form submission that may be specified on submit buttons. The attributes are:
    formaction
    ,
    formenctype
    ,
    formmethod
    ,
    formnovalidate
    , and
    formtarget
  • Form validation

    HTML5
    Method of setting required fields and field types without requiring JavaScript. This includes preventing forms from being submitted when appropriate, the
    checkValidity()
    method as well as support for the
    :invalid
    ,
    :valid
    , and
    :required
    CSS pseudo-classes.
  • Element.getBoundingClientRect()

    JS API
    Method to get the size and position of an element's bounding box, relative to the viewport.
  • getComputedStyle

    CSS3DOMJS API
    API to get the current computed CSS styles applied to an element. This may be the current value applied by an animation or as set by a stylesheet.
  • getElementsByClassName

    DOMHTML5
    Method of accessing DOM elements by class name
  • hidden attribute

    HTML5
    The
    hidden
    attribute may be applied to any element, and effectively hides elements similar to
    display: none
    in CSS.
  • HTML5 semantic elements

    HTML5
    HTML5 offers some new elements, primarily for semantic purposes. The elements include:
    section
    ,
    article
    ,
    aside
    ,
    header
    ,
    footer
    ,
    nav
    ,
    figure
    ,
    figcaption
    ,
    time
    ,
    mark
    &
    main
    .
  • naturalWidth & naturalHeight image properties

    DOMHTML5
    Properties defining the intrinsic width and height of the image, rather than the displayed width & height.
  • CSS inline-block

    CSS2
    Method of displaying an element as a block while flowing it with text.
  • HTMLElement.innerText

    DOM
    A property representing the text within a DOM element and its descendants. As a getter, it approximates the text the user would get if they highlighted the contents of the element with the cursor and then copied to the clipboard.
  • autocomplete attribute: on & off values

    DOM
    The
    autocomplete
    attribute for
    input
    elements indicates to the browser whether a value should or should not be autofilled when appropriate.
  • input placeholder attribute

    HTML5
    Method of setting placeholder text for text-like input fields, to suggest the expected inserted information.
  • Search input type

    HTML5
    Search field form input type. Intended to look like the underlying platform's native search field widget (if there is one). Other than its appearance, it's the same as an
    <input type="text">
    .
  • Element.insertAdjacentElement() & Element.insertAdjacentText()

    DOM
    Methods for inserting an element or text before or after a given element, or appending or prepending an element or text to a given element's list of children.
  • Element.insertAdjacentHTML()

    JS API
    Inserts a string of HTML into a specified position in the DOM relative to the given element.
  • JSON parsing

    JS
    Method of converting JavaScript objects to JSON strings and JSON back to objects using JSON.stringify() and JSON.parse()
  • KeyboardEvent.key

    DOM
    A
    KeyboardEvent
    property whose value is a string identifying the key that was pressed. Covers character keys, non-character keys (e.g. arrow keys), and dead keys.
  • localeCompare()

    JS
    The
    localeCompare()
    method returns a number indicating whether a reference string comes before or after or is the same as the given string in sort order.
  • matchMedia

    DOMJS API
    API for finding out whether or not a media query applies to the document.
  • maxlength attribute for input and textarea elements

    DOMHTML5JS API
    Declares an upper bound on the number of characters the user can input. Normally the UI ignores attempts by the user to type in additional characters beyond this limit.
  • meter element

    HTML5
    Method of indicating the current level of a gauge.
  • CSS min/max-width/height

    CSS2
    Method of setting a minimum or maximum width or height to an element.
  • CSS3 Multiple backgrounds

    CSS3
    Method of using multiple images as a background
  • CSS3 Multiple column layout

    CSS3
    Method of flowing information in multiple columns
  • CSS3 object-fit/object-position

    CSS3
    Method of specifying how an object (image or video) should fit inside its box. object-fit options include "contain" (fit according to aspect ratio), "fill" (stretches object to fill) and "cover" (overflows box but maintains ratio), where object-position allows the object to be repositioned like background-image does.
  • Reversed attribute of ordered lists

    HTML5
    This attribute makes an ordered list number its items in descending order (large to small), instead of ascending order (small to large; the default). The order that the list items are displayed in is not affected.
  • PNG alpha transparency

    PNG
    Semi-transparent areas in PNG files
  • progress element

    HTML5
    Method of indicating a progress state.
  • querySelector/querySelectorAll

    DOM
    Method of accessing DOM elements using CSS selectors
  • readonly attribute of input and textarea elements

    DOMHTML5
    Makes the form control non-editable. Unlike the
    disabled
    attribute,
    readonly
    form controls are still included in form submissions and the user can still select (but not edit) their value text.
  • rem (root em) units

    CSS3
    Type of unit similar to
    em
    , but relative only to the root element, not any parent element. Thus compounding does not occur as it does with
    em
    units.
  • Server Name Indication

    Security
    An extension to the TLS computer networking protocol by which a client indicates which hostname it is attempting to connect to at the start of the handshaking process.
  • SVG (basic support)

    SVG
    Method of displaying basic Vector Graphics features using the embed or object elements. Refers to the SVG 1.1 spec.
  • SVG in CSS backgrounds

    CSS3SVG
    Method of using SVG images as CSS backgrounds
  • SVG filters

    SVG
    Method of using Photoshop-like effects on SVG objects including blurring and color manipulation.
  • SVG fragment identifiers

    SVG
    Method of displaying only a part of an SVG image by defining a view ID or view box dimensions as the file's fragment identifier.
  • Inline SVG in HTML5

    HTML5SVG
    Method of using SVG tags directly in HTML documents. Requires HTML5 parser.
  • SVG in HTML img element

    SVG
    Method of displaying SVG images in HTML using <img>.
  • tabindex global attribute

    HTML5
    Specifies the focusability of the element and in what order (if any) it should become focused (relative to other elements) when "tabbing" through the document.
  • CSS3 Text-overflow

    CSS3
    Append ellipsis when text overflows its containing element
  • Node.textContent

    DOM
    DOM Node property representing the text content of a node and its descendants
  • TLS 1.1

    Security
    Version 1.1 of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol.
  • TLS 1.2

    Security
    Version 1.2 of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. Allows for data/message confidentiality, and message authentication codes for message integrity and as a by-product message authentication.
  • Typed Arrays

    JS
    JavaScript typed arrays provide a mechanism for accessing raw binary data much more efficiently. Includes:
    Int8Array
    ,
    Uint8Array
    ,
    Uint8ClampedArray
    ,
    Int16Array
    ,
    Uint16Array
    ,
    Int32Array
    ,
    Uint32Array
    ,
    Float32Array
    &
    Float64Array
  • ECMAScript 5 Strict Mode

    JS
    Method of placing code in a "strict" operating context.
  • SVG vector-effect: non-scaling-stroke

    SVG
    The
    non-scaling-stroke
    value for the
    vector-effect
    SVG attribute/CSS property makes strokes appear as the same width regardless of any transformations applied.
  • WAI-ARIA Accessibility features

    Other
    Method of providing ways for people with disabilities to use dynamic web content and web applications.
  • wbr (word break opportunity) element

    HTML5
    Represents an extra place where a line of text may optionally be broken.
  • CSS3 Overflow-wrap

    CSS3
    Allows lines to be broken within words if an otherwise unbreakable string is too long to fit. Currently mostly supported using the
    word-wrap
    property.
  • Cross-document messaging

    JS API
    Method of sending information from a page on one domain to a page on a different one (using postMessage)
  • XHTML served as application/xhtml+xml

    Other
    A strict form of HTML, and allows embedding of other XML languages
  • DOM Parsing and Serialization

    DOMJS API
    Various DOM parsing and serializing functions, specifically
    DOMParser
    ,
    XMLSerializer
    ,
    innerHTML
    ,
    outerHTML
    and
    insertAdjacentHTML
    .

Unsupported Features

  • AAC audio file format

    Other
    Advanced Audio Coding format, designed to be the successor format to MP3, with generally better sound quality.
  • AbortController & AbortSignal

    JS API
    Controller object that allows you to abort one or more DOM requests made with the Fetch API.
  • Accelerometer

    JS API
    Defines
    Accelerometer
    ,
    LinearAccelerationSensor
    and
    GravitySensor
    interfaces for obtaining information about acceleration applied to the X, Y and Z axis of a device that hosts the sensor.
  • Ambient Light Sensor

    JS API
    Defines a concrete sensor interface to monitor the ambient light level or illuminance of the device’s environment.
  • Animated PNG (APNG)

    PNG
    Like animated GIFs, but allowing 24-bit colors and alpha transparency
  • Array.prototype.find

    JS
    The
    find()
    method returns the value of the first item in the array based on the result of the provided testing function.
  • Array.prototype.findIndex

    JS
    The
    findIndex()
    method returns the index of the first element in the array that satisfies the provided testing function.
  • flat & flatMap array methods

    JS
    Methods to flatten any sub-arrays found in an array by concatenating their elements.
  • Array.prototype.includes

    JS
    Determines whether or not an array includes the given value, returning a boolean value (unlike
    indexOf
    ).
  • Arrow functions

    JS
    Function shorthand using
    =>
    syntax and lexical
    this
    binding.
  • asm.js

    JSJS APIOther
    An extraordinarily optimizable, low-level subset of JavaScript, intended to be a compile target from languages like C++.
  • Asynchronous Clipboard API

    JS API
    A modern, asynchronous Clipboard API based on Promises
  • Async functions

    JS
    Async functions make it possible to treat functions returning Promise objects as if they were synchronous.
  • Audio element

    HTML5
    Method of playing sound on webpages (without requiring a plug-in). Includes support for the following media properties:
    currentSrc
    ,
    currentTime
    ,
    paused
    ,
    playbackRate
    ,
    buffered
    ,
    duration
    ,
    played
    ,
    seekable
    ,
    ended
    ,
    autoplay
    ,
    loop
    ,
    controls
    ,
    volume
    &
    muted
  • Web Audio API

    JS API
    High-level JavaScript API for processing and synthesizing audio
  • Audio Tracks

    HTML5
    Method of specifying and selecting between multiple audio tracks. Useful for providing audio descriptions, director's commentary, additional languages, alternative takes, etc.
  • Autofocus attribute

    HTML5
    Allows a form field to be immediately focused on page load.
  • Auxclick

    DOMJS API
    The click event for non-primary buttons of input devices
  • AV1 video format

    Other
    AV1 (AOMedia Video 1) is a royalty-free video format by the Alliance for Open Media, meant to succeed its predecessor VP9 and compete with the [HEVC/H.265](/hevc) format.
  • AVIF image format

    Other
    A modern image format based on the [AV1 video format](/av1). AVIF generally has better compression than [WebP](/webp), JPEG, PNG and GIF and is designed to supersede them. AVIF competes with [JPEG XL](/jpegxl) which has similar compression quality and is generally seen as more feature-rich than AVIF.
  • CSS background-attachment

    CSS
    Method of defining how a background image is attached to a scrollable element. Values include
    scroll
    (default),
    fixed
    and
    local
    .
  • Background-clip: text

    CSS
    Non-standard method of clipping a background image to the foreground text.
  • background-position-x & background-position-y

    CSS
    CSS longhand properties to define x or y positions separately.
  • CSS background-repeat round and space

    CSS3
    Allows CSS background images to be repeated without clipping.
  • Background Sync API

    JS API
    Provides one-off and periodic synchronization for Service Workers with an onsync event.
  • Battery Status API

    JS API
    Method to provide information about the battery status of the hosting device.
  • Beacon API

    JS API
    Allows data to be sent asynchronously to a server with
    navigator.sendBeacon
    , even after a page was closed. Useful for posting analytics data the moment a user was finished using the page.
  • Printing Events

    HTML5JS API
    Window fires
    beforeprint
    and
    afterprint
    events so the printed document can be annotated.
  • BigInt

    JS
    Arbitrary-precision integers in JavaScript.
  • Blob constructing

    JS API
    Construct Blobs (binary large objects) either using the BlobBuilder API (deprecated) or the Blob constructor.
  • Blob URLs

    JS API
    Method of creating URL handles to the specified File or Blob object.
  • CSS3 Border-radius (rounded corners)

    CSS3
    Method of making the border corners round. Covers support for the shorthand
    border-radius
    as well as the long-hand properties (e.g.
    border-top-left-radius
    )
  • BroadcastChannel

    JS API
    BroadcastChannel allows scripts from the same origin but other browsing contexts (windows, workers) to send each other messages.
  • Brotli Accept-Encoding/Content-Encoding

    Other
    More effective lossless compression algorithm than gzip and deflate.
  • calc() as CSS unit value

    CSS3
    Method of allowing calculated values for length units, i.e.
    width: calc(100% - 3em)
  • Canvas blend modes

    Canvas
    Method of defining the effect resulting from overlaying two layers on a Canvas element.
  • Text API for Canvas

    CanvasHTML5
    Method of displaying text on Canvas elements
  • ch (character) unit

    CSS3
    Unit representing the width of the character "0" in the current font, of particular use in combination with monospace fonts.
  • ChaCha20-Poly1305 cipher suites for TLS

    Security
    A set of cipher suites used in Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, using ChaCha20 for symmetric encryption and Poly1305 for authentication.
  • Channel messaging

    JS API
    Method for having two-way communication between browsing contexts (using MessageChannel)
  • ChildNode.remove()

    DOM
    DOM node method to remove the node itself from the document.
  • Client Hints: DPR, Width, Viewport-Width

    DOM
    DPR, Width, and Viewport-Width hints enable proactive content negotiation between client and server, enabling automated delivery of optimized assets - e.g. auto-negotiating image DPR resolution.
  • Synchronous Clipboard API

    JS API
    API to provide copy, cut and paste events as well as provide access to the OS clipboard.
  • COLR/CPAL(v0) Font Formats

    Other
    The COLR table adds support for multi-colored glyphs in a manner that integrates with the rasterizers of existing text engines. COLRv0 only supports pure colors, does not support gradients, transformations and various blending modes.
  • COLR/CPAL(v1) Font Formats

    Other
    COLRv1 is an improved version of COLRv0, this is also part of the OpenType specification. COLRv1 supports additional graphic capabilities. In addition to solid colors, gradient fills can be used, as well as more complex fills using other graphic operations, including affine transformations and various blending modes.
  • Basic console logging functions

    JS API
    Method of outputting data to the browser's console, intended for development purposes.
  • Constraint Validation API

    JS API
    API for better control over form field validation. Includes support for
    checkValidity()
    ,
    setCustomValidity()
    ,
    reportValidity()
    and validation states.
  • contenteditable attribute (basic support)

    HTML5
    Method of making any HTML element editable.
  • Content Security Policy 1.0

    Security
    Mitigate cross-site scripting attacks by only allowing certain sources of script, style, and other resources.
  • Content Security Policy Level 2

    Security
    Mitigate cross-site scripting attacks by only allowing certain sources of script, style, and other resources. CSP 2 adds hash-source, nonce-source, and five new directives
  • Cookie Store API

    JS API
    An API for reading and modifying cookies. Compared to the existing
    document.cookie
    method, the API provides a much more modern interface, which can also be used in service workers.
  • Cross-Origin Resource Sharing

    JS APISecurity
    Method of performing XMLHttpRequests across domains
  • createImageBitmap

    JS API
    Create image bitmap with support for resizing and adjusting quality
  • Credential Management API

    JS APISecurity
    API that provides a programmatic interface to the browser's credential manager. In short, an origin can request a user's credentials to sign them in, or can ask the browser to save credentials on the user's behalf. Both of these requests are user-mediated.
  • Web Cryptography

    JS APISecurity
    JavaScript API for performing basic cryptographic operations in web applications
  • CSS all property

    CSS
    A shorthand property for resetting all CSS properties except for
    direction
    and
    unicode-bidi
    .
  • CSS Animation

    CSS3
    Complex method of animating certain properties of an element
  • CSS :any-link selector

    CSS
    The
    :any-link
    CSS pseudo-class matches all elements that match
    :link
    or
    :visited
  • CSS Appearance

    CSS
    The
    appearance
    property defines how elements (particularly form controls) appear by default. By setting the value to
    none
    the default appearance can be entirely redefined using other CSS properties.
  • CSS Counter Styles

    CSS3
    The @counter-style CSS at-rule allows custom counter styles to be defined. A @counter-style rule defines how to convert a counter value into a string representation.
  • CSS Backdrop Filter

    CSSCSS3
    Method of applying filter effects (like blur, grayscale or hue) to content/elements below the target element.
  • CSS background-blend-mode

    CSS
    Allows blending between CSS background images, gradients, and colors.
  • CSS3 Box-shadow

    CSS3
    Method of displaying an inner or outer shadow effect to elements
  • CSS Canvas Drawings

    CSS
    Method of using HTML5 Canvas as a background image. Not currently part of any specification.
  • CSS caret-color

    CSS
    The
    caret-color
    property allows the color to be set of the caret (blinking text insertion pointer) in an editable text area.
  • CSS Cascade Layers

    CSS
    The
    @layer
    at-rule allows authors to explicitly layer their styles in the cascade, before specificity and order of appearance are considered.
  • Case-insensitive CSS attribute selectors

    CSS
    Including an
    i
    before the
    ]
    in a CSS attribute selector causes the attribute value to be matched in an ASCII-case-insensitive manner. For example,
    [b="xyz" i]
    would match both
    <a b="xyz">
    and
    <a b="XYZ">
    .
  • CSS clip-path property (for HTML)

    CSS3
    Method of defining the visible region of an HTML element using SVG or a shape definition.
  • CSS print-color-adjust

    CSS
    The
    print-color-adjust
    (or
    -webkit-print-color-adjust
    as prefixed in WebKit/Blink browsers) property is a CSS extension that can be used to force printing of background colors and images.
  • CSS color() function

    CSS
    The CSS
    color()
    function allows the browser to display colors in any color space, such as the P3 color space which can display colors outside of the default sRGB color space.
  • CSS Conical Gradients

    CSS
    Method of defining a conical or repeating conical color gradient as a CSS image.
  • CSS Container Queries (Size)

    CSS
    Size queries in Container Queries provide a way to query the size of a container, and conditionally apply CSS to the content of that container.
  • CSS Container Query Units

    CSS
    Container Query Units specify a length relative to the dimensions of a query container. The units include:
    cqw
    ,
    cqh
    ,
    cqi
    ,
    cqb
    ,
    cqmin
    , and
    cqmax
    .
  • CSS Containment

    CSS
    The CSS
    contain
    property lets developers limit the scope of the browser's styles, layout and paint work for faster and more efficient rendering.
  • CSS content-visibility

    CSS
    Provides control over when elements are rendered, so rendering can be skipped for elements not yet in the user's viewport.
  • Crisp edges/pixelated images

    CSSCSS3
    Scales images with an algorithm that preserves edges and contrast, without smoothing colors or introducing blur. This is intended for images such as pixel art. Official values that accomplish this for the
    image-rendering
    property are
    crisp-edges
    and
    pixelated
    .
  • CSS Cross-Fade Function

    CSS
    Image function to create a "crossfade" between images. This allows one image to transition (fade) into another based on a percentage value.
  • Explicit descendant combinator >>

    CSS
    An explicit, non-whitespace spelling of the descendant combinator.
    A >> B
    is equivalent to
    A B
    .
  • CSS Device Adaptation

    CSS
    Method of overriding the size of viewport in web page using the
    @viewport
    rule, replacing Apple's own popular
    <meta>
    viewport implementation. Includes the
    extend-to-zoom
    width value.
  • :dir() CSS pseudo-class

    CSS
    Matches elements based on their directionality.
    :dir(ltr)
    matches elements which are Left-to-Right.
    :dir(rtl)
    matches elements which are Right-to-Left.
  • CSS display: contents

    CSS
    display: contents
    causes an element's children to appear as if they were direct children of the element's parent, ignoring the element itself. This can be useful when a wrapper element should be ignored when using CSS grid or similar layout techniques.
  • CSS element() function

    CSS3
    This function renders a live image generated from an arbitrary HTML element
  • CSS Environment Variables env()

    CSS
    Usage of environment variables like
    safe-area-inset-top
    .
  • CSS Exclusions Level 1

    CSS
    Exclusions defines how inline content flows around elements. It extends the content wrapping ability of floats to any block-level element.
  • CSS filter() function

    CSSCSS3
    This function filters a CSS input image with a set of filter functions (like blur, grayscale or hue)
  • CSS Filter Effects

    CSSCSS3
    Method of applying filter effects using the
    filter
    property to elements, matching filters available in SVG. Filter functions include blur, brightness, contrast, drop-shadow, grayscale, hue-rotate, invert, opacity, sepia and saturate.
  • CSS position:fixed

    CSS
    Method of keeping an element in a fixed location regardless of scroll position
  • :focus-visible CSS pseudo-class

    CSS
    The
    :focus-visible
    pseudo-class applies while an element matches the
    :focus
    pseudo-class, and the UA determines via heuristics that the focus should be specially indicated on the element (typically via a “focus ring”).
  • :focus-within CSS pseudo-class

    CSS
    The
    :focus-within
    pseudo-class matches elements that either themselves match
    :focus
    or that have descendants which match
    :focus
    .
  • CSS font-palette

    CSS
    The font-palette CSS property allows selecting a palette from a color font. In combination with the
    @font-palette-values
    at-rule, custom palettes can be defined.
  • CSS font-display

    CSS
    @font-face
    descriptor
    font-display
    that allows control over how a downloadable font renders before it is fully loaded.
  • CSS font-stretch

    CSS
    If a font has multiple types of variations based on the width of characters, the
    font-stretch
    property allows the appropriate one to be selected. The property in itself does not cause the browser to stretch to a font.
  • CSS Gradients

    CSS3
    Method of defining a linear or radial color gradient as a CSS image.
  • CSS Grid Layout (level 1)

    CSS
    Method of using a grid concept to lay out content, providing a mechanism for authors to divide available space for layout into columns and rows using a set of predictable sizing behaviors. Includes support for all
    grid-*
    properties and the
    fr
    unit.
  • CSS hanging-punctuation

    CSS
    Allows some punctuation characters from start (or the end) of text elements to be placed "outside" of the box in order to preserve the reading flow.
  • :has() CSS relational pseudo-class

    CSS
    Select elements containing specific content. For example,
    a:has(img)
    selects all
    <a>
    elements that contain an
    <img>
    child.
  • CSS Hyphenation

    CSS3
    Method of controlling when words at the end of lines should be hyphenated using the "hyphens" property.
  • CSS3 image-orientation

    CSS3
    CSS property used generally to fix the intended orientation of an image. This can be done using 90 degree increments or based on the image's EXIF data using the "from-image" value.
  • CSS image-set

    CSS
    Method of letting the browser pick the most appropriate CSS image from a given set.
  • CSS Initial Letter

    CSS
    Method of creating an enlarged cap, including a drop or raised cap, in a robust way.
  • CSS initial value

    CSS
    A CSS value that will apply a property's initial value as defined in the CSS specification that defines the property
  • LCH and Lab color values

    CSS
    The
    lch()
    and
    lab()
    color functions are based on the CIE LAB color space, representing colors in a way that closely matches human perception and provides access to a wider spectrum of colors than offered by the usual RGB color space.
  • letter-spacing CSS property

    CSS
    Controls spacing between characters of text (i.e. "tracking" in typographical terms). Not to be confused with kerning.
  • CSS line-clamp

    CSS
    CSS property that will contain text to a given amount of lines when used in combination with
    display: -webkit-box
    . It will end with ellipsis when
    text-overflow: ellipsis
    is included.
  • CSS Logical Properties

    CSSCSS3
    Logical properties and values provide control of layout through logical, rather than physical, direction and dimension mappings. These properties are
    writing-mode
    relative equivalents of their corresponding physical properties.
  • CSS ::marker pseudo-element

    CSS3
    The
    ::marker
    pseudo-element allows list item markers to be styled or have their content value customized.
  • CSS Masks

    CSS
    Method of displaying part of an element, using a selected image as a mask
  • :is() CSS pseudo-class

    CSS
    The
    :is()
    (formerly
    :matches()
    , formerly
    :any()
    ) pseudo-class checks whether the element at its position in the outer selector matches any of the selectors in its selector list. It's useful syntactic sugar that allows you to avoid writing out all the combinations manually as separate selectors. The effect is similar to nesting in Sass and most other CSS preprocessors.
  • CSS math functions min(), max() and clamp()

    CSS
    More advanced mathematical expressions in addition to
    calc()
  • Media Queries: interaction media features

    CSS
    Allows a media query to be set based on the presence and accuracy of the user's pointing device, and whether they have the ability to hover over elements on the page. This includes the
    pointer
    ,
    any-pointer
    ,
    hover
    , and
    any-hover
    media features.
  • Media Queries: Range Syntax

    CSS
    Syntax improvements to make media queries using features that have a "range" type (like width or height) less verbose. Can be used with ordinary mathematical comparison operators:
    >
    ,
    <
    ,
    >=
    , or
    <=
    . For example:
    @media (100px <= width <= 1900px)
    is the equivalent of
    @media (min-width: 100px) and (max-width: 1900px
    )`
  • Blending of HTML/SVG elements

    CSS
    Allows blending between arbitrary SVG and HTML elements
  • CSS Motion Path

    CSS
    Allows elements to be animated along SVG paths or shapes via the
    offset-path
    property. Originally defined as the
    motion-path
    property.
  • CSS Nesting

    Other
    CSS nesting provides the ability to nest one style rule inside another, with the selector of the child rule relative to the selector of the parent rule. Similar behavior previously required a CSS pre-processor.
  • selector list argument of :not()

    CSS
    Selectors Level 3 only allowed
    :not()
    pseudo-class to accept a single simple selector, which the element must not match any of. Thus,
    :not(a, .b, [c])
    or
    :not(a.b[c])
    did not work. Selectors Level 4 allows
    :not()
    to accept a list of selectors. Thus,
    :not(a):not(.b):not([c])
    can instead be written as
    :not(a, .b, [c])
    and
    :not(a.b[c])
    works as intended.
  • selector list argument of :nth-child and :nth-last-child CSS pseudo-classes

    CSS
    The newest versions of
    :nth-child()
    and
    :nth-last-child()
    accept an optional
    of S
    clause which filters the children to only those which match the selector list
    S
    . For example,
    :nth-child(1 of .foo)
    selects the first child among the children that have the
    foo
    class (ignoring any non-
    foo
    children which precede that child). Similar to
    :nth-of-type
    , but for arbitrary selectors instead of only type selectors.
  • CSS overflow-anchor (Scroll Anchoring)

    CSS3
    Changes in DOM elements above the visible region of a scrolling box can result in the page moving while the user is in the middle of consuming the content. By default, the value of
    overflow-anchor
    is
    auto
    , it can mitigate this jarring user experience by keeping track of the position of an anchor node and adjusting the scroll offset accordingly
  • CSS overflow: overlay

    CSS
    The
    overlay
    value of the
    overflow
    CSS property is a non-standard value to make scrollbars appear on top of content rather than take up space. This value is deprecated and related functionality being standardized as [the
    scrollbar-gutter
    property](mdn-css_properties_scrollbar-gutter).
  • CSS overscroll-behavior

    CSS
    CSS property to control the behavior when the scroll position of a scroll container reaches the edge of the scrollport.
  • CSS Paged Media (@page)

    Other
    CSS at-rule (
    @page
    ) to define page-specific rules when printing web pages, such as margin per page and page dimensions.
  • CSS Paint API

    CSSJS API
    Allows programmatic generation of images used by CSS
  • ::placeholder CSS pseudo-element

    CSS
    The ::placeholder pseudo-element represents placeholder text in an input field: text that represents the input and provides a hint to the user on how to fill out the form. For example, a date-input field might have the placeholder text
    YYYY-MM-DD
    to clarify that numeric dates are to be entered in year-month-day order.
  • :placeholder-shown CSS pseudo-class

    CSS
    Input elements can sometimes show placeholder text as a hint to the user on what to type in. See, for example, the placeholder attribute in HTML5. The :placeholder-shown pseudo-class matches an input element that is showing such placeholder text.
  • CSS :read-only and :read-write selectors

    CSS
    :read-only and :read-write pseudo-classes to match elements which are considered user-alterable
  • Rebeccapurple color

    CSS
    The new color added in CSS Color Module Level 4
  • CSS Reflections

    CSS
    Method of displaying a reflection of an element
  • CSS Regions

    CSS3
    Method of flowing content into multiple elements, allowing magazine-like layouts. While once supported in WebKit-based browsers and Internet Explorer, implementing the feature is no longer being pursued by any browser.
  • CSS Repeating Gradients

    CSS3
    Method of defining a repeating linear or radial color gradient as a CSS image.
  • CSS resize property

    CSS3
    Method of allowing an element to be resized by the user, with options to limit to a given direction.
  • CSS revert value

    CSS
    A CSS keyword value that resets a property's value to the default specified by the browser in its UA stylesheet, as if the webpage had not included any CSS. For example,
    display:revert
    on a
    <div>
    would result in
    display:block
    . This is in contrast to the
    initial
    value, which is simply defined on a per-property basis, and for
    display
    would be
    inline
    .
  • #rrggbbaa hex color notation

    CSS
    The CSS Color Module Level 4 defines new 4 & 8 character hex notation for color to include the opacity level.
  • CSS Scroll-behavior

    CSS
    Method of specifying the scrolling behavior for a scrolling box, when scrolling happens due to navigation or CSSOM scrolling APIs.
  • CSS @scroll-timeline

    CSSJS API
    CSS property that allows animations to be driven by a container's scroll position
  • CSS scrollbar styling

    CSS
    Methods of styling scrollbars' color and width.
  • ::selection CSS pseudo-element

    CSS
    The ::selection CSS pseudo-element applies rules to the portion of a document that has been highlighted (e.g., selected with the mouse or another pointing device) by the user.
  • CSS Shapes Level 1

    CSS3
    Allows geometric shapes to be set in CSS to define an area for text to flow around. Includes properties
    shape-outside
    ,
    shape-margin
    and
    shape-image-threshold
  • CSS Scroll Snap

    CSS
    CSS technique that allows customizable scrolling experiences like pagination of carousels by setting defined snap positions.
  • CSS position:sticky

    CSS
    Keeps elements positioned as "fixed" or "relative" depending on how it appears in the viewport. As a result the element is "stuck" when necessary while scrolling.
  • CSS Subgrid

    CSS
    Feature of the CSS Grid Layout Module Level 2 that allows a grid-item with its own grid to align in one or both dimensions with its parent grid.
  • CSS3 text-align-last

    CSS3
    CSS property to describe how the last line of a block or a line right before a forced line break when
    text-align
    is
    justify
    .
  • CSS text-justify

    CSS
    CSS property to define how text should be justified when
    text-align: justify
    is set.
  • CSS text-orientation

    CSS
    The CSS
    text-orientation
    property specifies the orientation of text within a line. Current values only have an effect in vertical typographic modes (defined with the
    writing-mode
    property)
  • CSS touch-action property

    CSS
    touch-action is a CSS property that controls filtering of gesture events, providing developers with a declarative mechanism to selectively disable touch scrolling (in one or both axes) or double-tap-zooming.
  • CSS3 Transitions

    CSS3
    Simple method of animating certain properties of an element, with ability to define property, duration, delay and timing function.
  • CSS unset value

    CSS
    A CSS value that's the same as "inherit" if a property is inherited or "initial" if a property is not inherited.
  • CSS Variables (Custom Properties)

    CSS3
    Permits the declaration and usage of cascading variables in stylesheets.
  • CSS @when / @else conditional rules

    CSS
    Syntax allowing CSS conditions (like media and support queries) to be written more simply, as well as making it possibly to write mutually exclusive rules using
    @else
    statements.
  • CSS widows & orphans

    CSS
    CSS properties to control when lines break across pages or columns by defining the amount of lines that must be left before or after the break.
  • CSS writing-mode property

    CSS
    Property to define whether lines of text are laid out horizontally or vertically and the direction in which blocks progress.
  • CSS zoom

    CSS
    Non-standard method of scaling content.
  • CSS3 attr() function for all properties

    CSS
    While
    attr()
    is supported for effectively all browsers for the
    content
    property, CSS Values and Units Level 5 adds the ability to use
    attr()
    on **any** CSS property, and to use it for non-string values (e.g. numbers, colors).
  • CSS3 Cursors (original values)

    CSS3
    CSS3 cursor values added in the 2004 spec, including none, context-menu, cell, vertical-text, alias, copy, no-drop, not-allowed, nesw-resize, nwse-resize, col-resize, row-resize and all-scroll.
  • CSS grab & grabbing cursors

    CSS3
    Support for the
    grab
    &
    grabbing
    values for the
    cursor
    property. Used to indicate that something can be grabbed (dragged to be moved).
  • CSS3 Cursors: zoom-in & zoom-out

    CSS3
    Support for
    zoom-in
    ,
    zoom-out
    values for the CSS3
    cursor
    property.
  • Custom Elements (deprecated V0 spec)

    DOMHTML5
    Original V0 version of the custom elements specification. See [Custom Elements V1](#feat=custom-elementsv1) for support for the latest version.
  • Custom Elements (V1)

    DOMHTML5
    One of the key features of the Web Components system, custom elements allow new HTML tags to be defined.
  • Datalist element

    HTML5
    Method of setting a list of options for a user to select in a text field, while leaving the ability to enter a custom value.
  • Declarative Shadow DOM

    DOM
    Proposal to allow rendering elements with shadow dom (aka web components) using server-side rendering.
  • Decorators

    JS
    ECMAScript Decorators are an in-progress proposal for extending JavaScript classes. Decorators use a special syntax, prefixed with an
    @
    symbol and placed immediately before the code being extended.
  • Details & Summary elements

    HTML5
    The <details> element generates a simple no-JavaScript widget to show/hide element contents, optionally by clicking on its child <summary> element.
  • DeviceOrientation & DeviceMotion events

    JS API
    API for detecting orientation and motion events from the device running the browser.
  • Dialog element

    DOMHTML5
    Method of easily creating custom dialog boxes to display to the user with modal or non-modal options. Also includes a
    ::backdrop
    pseudo-element for behind the element.
  • Do Not Track API

    JS API
    API to allow the browser's Do Not Track setting to be queried via
    navigator.doNotTrack
    . Due to lack of adoption the Do Not Track specification was deprecated in 2018.
  • document.currentScript

    JS API
    document.currentScript
    returns the
    <script>
    element whose script is currently being processed.
  • Document.execCommand()

    JS API
    Allows running commands to manipulate the contents of an editable region in a document switched to designMode
  • Document Policy

    OtherSecurity
    A mechanism that allows developers to set certain rules and policies for a given site. The rules can change default browser behaviour, block certain features or set limits on resource usage. Document Policy is useful both for security and performance, and is similar to [Permissions Policy](/permissions-policy).
  • document.scrollingElement

    DOM
    document.scrollingElement
    refers to the element that scrolls the document.
  • DOM manipulation convenience methods

    DOM
    jQuery-like methods on DOM nodes to insert nodes around or within a node, or to replace one node with another. These methods accept any number of DOM nodes or HTML strings as arguments. Includes:
    ChildNode.before
    ,
    ChildNode.after
    ,
    ChildNode.replaceWith
    ,
    ParentNode.prepend
    , and
    ParentNode.append
    .
  • DOMMatrix

    DOM
    The
    DOMMatrix
    interface represents 4x4 matrices, suitable for 2D and 3D operations. Supersedes the
    WebKitCSSMatrix
    and
    SVGMatrix
    interfaces.
  • Download attribute

    HTML5
    When used on an anchor, this attribute signifies that the browser should download the resource the anchor points to rather than navigate to it.
  • Drag and Drop

    HTML5
    Method of easily dragging and dropping elements on a page, requiring minimal JavaScript.
  • Element.closest()

    DOM
    DOM method that returns the current element if it matches the given selector, or else the closest ancestor element that matches the given selector, or else null.
  • Scroll methods on elements (scroll, scrollTo, scrollBy)

    DOMJS API
    Methods to change the scroll position of an element. Similar to setting
    scrollTop
    &
    scrollLeft
    properties, but also allows options to be passed to define the scroll behavior.
  • Encrypted Media Extensions

    JS APISecurity
    The EncryptedMediaExtenstions API provides interfaces for controlling the playback of content which is subject to a DRM scheme.
  • EOT - Embedded OpenType fonts

    Other
    Type of font that can be derived from a regular font, allowing small files and legal use of high-quality fonts. Usage is restricted by the file being tied to the website
  • ECMAScript 2015 (ES6)

    JS
    Support for the ECMAScript 2015 specification. Features include Promises, Modules, Classes, Template Literals, Arrow Functions, Let and Const, Default Parameters, Generators, Destructuring Assignment, Rest & Spread, Map/Set & WeakMap/WeakSet and many more.
  • ES6 classes

    JS
    ES6 classes are syntactical sugar to provide a much simpler and clearer syntax to create objects and deal with inheritance.
  • ES6 Generators

    JS
    ES6 Generators are special functions that can be used to control the iteration behavior of a loop. Generators are defined using a
    function*
    declaration.
  • JavaScript modules via script tag

    JS
    Loading JavaScript module scripts (aka ES6 modules) using
    <script type="module">
    Includes support for the
    nomodule
    attribute.
  • JavaScript modules: dynamic import()

    JS
    Loading JavaScript modules dynamically using the import() syntax
  • ES6 Number

    JS
    Extensions to the
    Number
    built-in object in ES6, including constant properties
    EPSILON
    ,
    MIN_SAFE_INTEGER
    , and
    MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
    , and methods
     isFinite
    ,
    isInteger
    ,
    isSafeInteger
    , and
    isNaN
    .
  • String.prototype.includes

    JS
    The includes() method determines whether one string may be found within another string, returning true or false as appropriate.
  • Server-sent events

    JS API
    Method of continuously sending data from a server to the browser, rather than repeatedly requesting it (EventSource interface, used to fall under HTML5)
  • ui-serif, ui-sans-serif, ui-monospace and ui-rounded values for font-family

    CSS
    Allows more control when choosing system interface fonts
  • Feature Policy

    JS APIOtherSecurity
    This specification defines a mechanism that allows developers to selectively enable and disable use of various browser features and APIs. Feature Policy is deprecated and has been replaced with [Permissions Policy](/permissions-policy) and [Document Policy](/document-policy).
  • Fetch

    JS API
    A modern replacement for XMLHttpRequest.
  • File API

    JS API
    Method of manipulating file objects in web applications client-side, as well as programmatically selecting them and accessing their data.
  • FileReader API

    JS API
    Method of reading the contents of a File or Blob object into memory
  • FileReaderSync

    JS API
    Allows files to be read synchronously in Web Workers
  • Filesystem & FileWriter API

    JS API
    Method of reading and writing files to a sandboxed file system.
  • FLAC audio format

    Other
    Popular lossless audio compression format
  • gap property for Flexbox

    CSS
    gap
    for flexbox containers to create gaps/gutters between flex items
  • display: flow-root

    CSSCSS2
    The element generates a block container box, and lays out its contents using flow layout. It always establishes a new block formatting context for its contents. It provides a better solution to the most use cases of the "clearfix" hack.
  • focusin & focusout events

    DOM
    The
    focusin
    and
    focusout
    events fire just before the element gains or loses focus, and they bubble. By contrast, the
    focus
    and
    blur
    events fire after the focus has shifted, and don't bubble.
  • system-ui value for font-family

    CSS
    Value for
    font-family
    that represents the default user interface font.
  • CSS font-feature-settings

    CSS3
    Method of applying advanced typographic and language-specific font features to supported OpenType fonts.
  • CSS3 font-kerning

    CSS3
    Controls the usage of the kerning information (spacing between letters) stored in the font. Note that this only affects OpenType fonts with kerning information, it has no effect on other fonts.
  • CSS Font Loading

    CSS3JS API
    This CSS module defines a scripting interface to font faces in CSS, allowing font faces to be easily created and loaded from script. It also provides methods to track the loading status of an individual font, or of all the fonts on an entire page.
  • CSS font-size-adjust

    CSS
    Method of adjusting the font size in a matter that relates to the height of lowercase vs. uppercase letters. This makes it easier to set the size of fallback fonts.
  • CSS font-smooth

    CSS3
    Controls the application of anti-aliasing when fonts are rendered.
  • Font unicode-range subsetting

    CSS3
    This @font-face descriptor defines the set of Unicode codepoints that may be supported by the font face for which it is declared. The descriptor value is a comma-delimited list of Unicode range (<urange>) values. The union of these ranges defines the set of codepoints that serves as a hint for user agents when deciding whether or not to download a font resource for a given text run.
  • CSS font-variant-alternates

    CSS3
    Controls the usage of alternate glyphs associated to alternative names defined in @font-feature-values for certain types of OpenType fonts.
  • CSS font-variant-numeric

    CSS
    CSS property that provides different ways of displaying numbers, fractions, and ordinal markers.
  • @font-face Web fonts

    CSS3
    Method of displaying fonts downloaded from websites
  • Full Screen API

    JS API
    API for allowing content (like a video or canvas element) to take up the entire screen.
  • Gamepad API

    JS API
    API to support input from USB gamepad controllers through JavaScript.
  • Geolocation

    JS API
    Method of informing a website of the user's geographical location
  • crypto.getRandomValues()

    JS APISecurity
    Method of generating cryptographically random values.
  • Gyroscope

    JS API
    Defines a concrete sensor interface to monitor the rate of rotation around the device’s local three primary axes.
  • navigator.hardwareConcurrency

    JS API
    Returns the number of logical cores of the user's CPU. The value may be reduced to prevent device fingerprinting or because it exceeds the allowed number of simultaneous web workers.
  • Hashchange event

    HTML5JS API
    Event triggered in JavaScript when the URL's hash has changed (for example: page.html#foo to page.html#bar)
  • HEIF/ISO Base Media File Format

    Other
    HEIF (High Efficiency Image File Format) is a standard developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) for storage and sharing of images and image sequences. Can use
    .heif
    or
    .heic
    file extensions.
  • HEVC/H.265 video format

    Other
    The High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) compression standard is a video compression format intended to succeed H.264
  • High Resolution Time API

    JS API
    Method to provide the current time in sub-millisecond resolution and such that it is not subject to system clock skew or adjustments. Called using
    performance.now()
  • Session history management

    HTML5
    Method of manipulating the user's browser's session history in JavaScript using
    history.pushState
    ,
    history.replaceState
    and the
    popstate
    event.
  • HTML Media Capture

    HTML5
    Facilitates user access to a device's media capture mechanism, such as a camera, or microphone, from within a file upload control.
  • HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)

    Other
    HTTP-based media streaming communications protocol
  • HTTP/2 protocol

    Other
    Networking protocol for low-latency transport of content over the web. Originally started out from the SPDY protocol, now standardized as HTTP version 2.
  • HTTP/3 protocol

    Other
    Third version of the HTTP networking protocol which uses QUIC as transport protocol. Previously known as HTTP-over-QUIC, now standardized as HTTP/3.
  • sandbox attribute for iframes

    HTML5Security
    Method of running external site pages with reduced privileges (e.g. no JavaScript) in iframes.
  • seamless attribute for iframes

    HTML5
    The seamless attribute makes an iframe's contents actually part of a page, and adopts the styles from its hosting page. The attribute has been removed from both [the WHATWG](https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/331) and [the W3C](https://github.com/w3c/html/pull/325) HTML5 specifications.
  • srcdoc attribute for iframes

    HTML5
    Override the content specified in the
    src
    attribute (if present) with HTML content within the attribute.
  • ImageCapture API

    DOMJS API
    The Image Capture API provides access to the Video Camera for taking photos while configuring picture-specific settings such as e.g. zoom or auto focus metering area.
  • Input Method Editor API

    JS API
    Provides scripted access to the Input Method Editor (IME). An IME is often used to input characters from East Asian languages by typing roman characters and selecting from the resulting suggestions.
  • Import maps

    JS
    Import maps allows control over what URLs get fetched by JavaScript
    import
    statements and
    import()
    expressions.
  • HTML Imports

    DOMHTML5
    Deprecated method of including and reusing HTML documents in other HTML documents. Superseded by ES modules.
  • indeterminate checkbox

    DOMHTML5
    Indeterminate checkboxes are displayed in a state which is distinct both from being checked or being unchecked. They are commonly used in hierarchical checkboxes to indicate that only some of the checkbox's descendants are checked.
  • IndexedDB

    JS API
    Method of storing data client-side, allows indexed database queries.
  • IndexedDB 2.0

    JS API
    Improvements to Indexed DB, including getAll(), renaming stores and indexes, and binary keys.
  • Color input type

    HTML5
    Form field allowing the user to select a color.
  • Date and time input types

    HTML5
    Form field widgets to easily allow users to enter a date, time or both, generally by using a calendar/time input widget. Refers to supporting the following input types:
    date
    ,
    time
    ,
    datetime-local
    ,
    month
    &
    week
    .
  • Email, telephone & URL input types

    HTML5
    Text input fields intended for email addresses, telephone numbers or URLs. Particularly useful in combination with [form validation](https://caniuse.com/#feat=form-validation)
  • input event

    DOMHTML5
    The
    input
    event is fired when the user changes the value of an
    <input>
    element,
    <select>
    element, or
    <textarea>
    element. By contrast, the "change" event usually only fires after the form control has lost focus.
  • accept attribute for file input

    HTML5
    Allows a filter to be defined for what type of files a user may pick with from an
    <input type="file">
    dialog
  • Directory selection from file input

    DOMJS API
    The
    webkitdirectory
    attribute on the
    <input type="file">
    element allows entire directory with file contents (and any subdirectories) to be selected.
  • Multiple file selection

    HTML5
    Allows users to select multiple files in the file picker.
  • inputmode attribute

    DOMHTML5
    The
    inputmode
    attribute specifies what kind of input mechanism would be most helpful for users entering content into the form control.
  • Minimum length attribute for input fields

    HTML5
    Declares a lower bound on the number of characters a user can input.
  • Number input type

    HTML5
    Form field type for numbers.
  • Pattern attribute for input fields

    HTML5
    Allows validation of an input field based on a given regular expression pattern.
  • Range input type

    HTML5
    Form field type that allows the user to select a value using a slider widget.
  • Selection controls for input & textarea

    HTML5JS API
    Controls for setting and getting text selection via
    setSelectionRange()
    and the
    selectionStart
    &
    selectionEnd
    properties.
  • Internationalization API

    JSJS
    Locale-sensitive collation (string comparison), number formatting, and date and time formatting.
  • IntersectionObserver

    DOMJS API
    API that can be used to understand the visibility and position of DOM elements relative to a containing element or to the top-level viewport. The position is delivered asynchronously and is useful for understanding the visibility of elements and implementing pre-loading and deferred loading of DOM content.
  • IntersectionObserver V2

    DOMJS APISecurity
    Iteration on the original API that also reports if the element is covered by another element or has filters applied to it. Useful for blocking clickjacking attempts or tracking ad exposure.
  • Intl.PluralRules API

    JSJS
    API for plural sensitive formatting and plural language rules.
  • Intrinsic & Extrinsic Sizing

    CSS3
    Allows for the heights and widths to be specified in intrinsic values using the
    max-content
    ,
    min-content
    ,
    fit-content
    and
    stretch
    (formerly
    fill
    ) properties.
  • JPEG 2000 image format

    Other
    JPEG 2000 was built to supersede the original JPEG format by having better compression and more features. [WebP](/webp), [AVIF](/avif) and [JPEG XL](/jpegxl) are all designed to supersede JPEG 2000.
  • JPEG XL image format

    Other
    A modern image format optimized for web environments. JPEG XL generally has better compression than [WebP](/webp), JPEG, PNG and GIF and is designed to supersede them. JPEG XL competes with [AVIF](/avif) which has similar compression quality but fewer features overall.
  • JPEG XR image format

    Other
    JPEG XR was built to supersede the original JPEG format by having better compression and more features. [WebP](/webp), [AVIF](/avif) and [JPEG XL](/jpegxl) are all designed to supersede JPEG XR.
  • Lookbehind in JS regular expressions

    JS
    The positive lookbehind (
    (?<= )
    ) and negative lookbehind (
    (?<! )
    ) zero-width assertions in JavaScript regular expressions can be used to ensure a pattern is preceded by another pattern.
  • CSS justify-content: space-evenly

    CSS
    The "space-evenly" value for the
    justify-content
    property distributes the space between items evenly. It is similar to space-around but provides equal instead of half-sized space on the edges. Can be used in both CSS flexbox & grid.
  • High-quality kerning pairs & ligatures

    CSS
    When used in HTML, the unofficial
    text-rendering: optimizeLegibility
    CSS property enables high-quality kerning and ligatures in certain browsers. Newer browsers have this behavior enabled by default.
  • KeyboardEvent.charCode

    DOM
    A legacy
    KeyboardEvent
    property that gives the Unicode codepoint number of a character key pressed during a
    keypress
    event.
  • KeyboardEvent.code

    DOM
    A
    KeyboardEvent
    property representing the physical key that was pressed, ignoring the keyboard layout and ignoring whether any modifier keys were active.
  • KeyboardEvent.getModifierState()

    DOM
    KeyboardEvent
    method that returns the state (whether the key is pressed/locked or not) of the given modifier key.
  • KeyboardEvent.location

    DOM
    A
    KeyboardEvent
    property that indicates the location of the key on the input device. Useful when there are more than one physical key for the same logical key (e.g. left or right "Control" key; main or numpad "1" key).
  • KeyboardEvent.which

    DOM
    A legacy
    KeyboardEvent
    property that is equivalent to either
    KeyboardEvent.keyCode
    or
    KeyboardEvent.charCode
    depending on whether the key is alphanumeric.
  • Resource Hints: Lazyload

    DOM
    Gives a hint to the browser to lower the loading priority of a resource. Please note that this is a legacy attribute, see the [
    loading
    ](/loading-lazy-attr) attribute for the new standardized API.
  • let

    JS
    Declares a variable with block level scope
  • PNG favicons

    HTML5
    Icon used by browsers to identify a webpage or site. While all browsers support the
    .ico
    format, the PNG format can be preferable.
  • SVG favicons

    HTML5SVG
    Icon used by browsers to identify a webpage or site. While all browsers support the
    .ico
    format, the SVG format can be preferable to more easily support higher resolutions or larger icons.
  • Resource Hints: dns-prefetch

    DOM
    Gives a hint to the browser to perform a DNS lookup in the background to improve performance. This is indicated using
    <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://example.com/">
  • Resource Hints: modulepreload

    DOM
    Using
    <link rel="modulepreload">
    , browsers can be informed to prefetch module scripts without having to execute them, allowing fine-grained control over when and how module resources are loaded.
  • Resource Hints: preconnect

    DOM
    Gives a hint to the browser to begin the connection handshake (DNS, TCP, TLS) in the background to improve performance. This is indicated using
    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://example-domain.com/">
  • Resource Hints: prefetch

    DOM
    Informs the browsers that a given resource should be prefetched so it can be loaded more quickly. This is indicated using
    <link rel="prefetch" href="(url)">
  • Resource Hints: preload

    DOM
    Using
    <link rel="preload">
    , browsers can be informed to prefetch resources without having to execute them, allowing fine-grained control over when and how resources are loaded.
  • Resource Hints: prerender

    DOM
    Gives a hint to the browser to render the specified page in the background, speeding up page load if the user navigates to it. This is indicated using
    <link rel="prerender" href="(url)">
  • Lazy loading via attribute for images & iframes

    HTML5
    The
    loading
    attribute on images & iframes gives authors control over when the browser should start loading the resource.
  • Magnetometer

    JS API
    Defines a concrete sensor interface to measure magnetic field in the X, Y and Z axis.
  • matches() DOM method

    DOMJS API
    Method of testing whether or not a DOM element matches a given selector. Formerly known (and largely supported with prefix) as matchesSelector.
  • MathML

    Other
    Special tags that allow mathematical formulas and notations to be written on web pages.
  • Media Fragments

    DOM
    Allows only part of a resource to be shown, based on the fragment identifier in the URL. Currently support is primarily limited to video track ranges.
  • Media Capture from DOM Elements API

    DOMJS API
    API to capture Real-Time video and audio from a DOM element, such as a
    <video>
    ,
    <audio>
    , or
    <canvas>
    element via the
    captureStream
    method, in the form of a
    MediaStream
  • MediaRecorder API

    DOMJS API
    The MediaRecorder API (MediaStream Recording) aims to provide a really simple mechanism by which developers can record media streams from the user's input devices and instantly use them in web apps, rather than having to perform manual encoding operations on raw PCM data, etc.
  • Media Source Extensions

    DOMJS API
    API allowing media data to be accessed from HTML
    video
    and
    audio
    elements.
  • Context menu item (menuitem element)

    HTML5
    Method of defining a context menu item, now deprecated and [removed from the HTML specification](https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/2730).
  • theme-color Meta Tag

    DOMOther
    Meta tag to define a suggested color that browsers should use to customize the display of the page or of the surrounding user interface. The meta tag overrides any theme-color set in the web app manifest.
  • Web MIDI API

    JS API
    The Web MIDI API specification defines a means for web developers to enumerate, manipulate and access MIDI devices
  • MP3 audio format

    Other
    Popular lossy audio compression format
  • Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH)

    Other
    HTTP-based media streaming communications protocol, an alternative to HTTP Live Streaming (HLS).
  • MPEG-4/H.264 video format

    Other
    Commonly used video compression format.
  • Mutation events

    DOM
    Deprecated mechanism for listening to changes made to the DOM, replaced by Mutation Observers.
  • Mutation Observer

    DOMJS API
    Method for observing and reacting to changes to the DOM. Replaces MutationEvents, which is deprecated.
  • Web Storage - name/value pairs

    JS API
    Method of storing data locally like cookies, but for larger amounts of data (sessionStorage and localStorage, used to fall under HTML5).
  • File System Access API

    JS API
    API for manipulating files in the device's local file system (not in a sandbox).
  • Navigation Timing API

    DOMJS API
    API for accessing timing information related to navigation and elements.
  • Network Information API

    DOMJS API
    The Network Information API enables web applications to access information about the network connection in use by the device. Accessed via
    navigator.connection
  • Web Notifications

    JS API
    Method of alerting the user outside of a web page by displaying notifications (that do not require interaction by the user).
  • Object.entries

    JS
    The
    Object.entries()
    method creates a multi-dimensional array of key value pairs from the given object.
  • Object.observe data binding

    JS
    Method for data binding, a now-withdrawn ECMAScript 7 proposal
  • Object.values method

    JS
    The
    Object.values()
    method returns an array of a given object's own enumerable property values.
  • Object RTC (ORTC) API for WebRTC

    JS API
    Enables mobile endpoints to talk to servers and web browsers with Real-Time Communications (RTC) capabilities via native and simple JavaScript APIs
  • Offline web applications

    HTML5
    Now deprecated method of defining web page files to be cached using a cache manifest file, allowing them to work offline on subsequent visits to the page.
  • OffscreenCanvas

    HTML5
    OffscreenCanvas allows canvas drawing to occur with no connection to the DOM and can be used inside workers.
  • Ogg Vorbis audio format

    Other
    Vorbis is a free and open source audio format, most commonly used with the Ogg container.
  • Ogg/Theora video format

    Other
    Free lossy video compression format.
  • "once" event listener option

    DOM
    Causes an event listener to be automatically removed after it gets invoked, so that it only gets invoked once. Similar to jQuery's
    $.one()
    feature.
  • Online/offline status

    JS API
    Events to indicate when the user's connected (
    online
    and
    offline
    events) and the
    navigator.onLine
    property to see current status.
  • Opus audio format

    Other
    Royalty-free open audio codec by IETF, which incorporated SILK from Skype and CELT from Xiph.org, to serve higher sound quality and lower latency at the same bitrate.
  • Orientation Sensor

    JS API
    Defines a base orientation sensor interface and concrete sensor subclasses to monitor the device’s physical orientation in relation to a stationary three dimensional Cartesian coordinate system.
  • CSS outline properties

    CSS3
    The CSS outline properties draw a border around an element that does not affect layout, making it ideal for highlighting. This covers the
    outline
    shorthand, as well as
    outline-width
    ,
    outline-style
    ,
    outline-color
    and
    outline-offset
    .
  • String.prototype.padStart(), String.prototype.padEnd()

    JS
    The
    padStart()
    and
    padEnd()
    methods pad the current string with a given string (eventually repeated) so that the resulting string reaches a given length. The pad is applied from the start (left) of the current string for
    padStart()
    , and applied from the end (right) of the current string for
    padEnd()
    .
  • PageTransitionEvent

    HTML5JS API
    Fired at the Window when the page's entry in the session history stops being the current entry. Includes the
    pageshow
    and
    pagehide
    events.
  • Page Visibility

    JS API
    JavaScript API for determining whether a document is visible on the display
  • Passive event listeners

    DOM
    Event listeners created with the
    passive: true
    option cannot cancel (
    preventDefault()
    ) the events they receive. Primarily intended to be used with touch events and
    wheel
    events. Since they cannot prevent scrolls, passive event listeners allow the browser to perform optimizations that result in smoother scrolling.
  • Path2D

    CanvasHTML5
    Allows path objects to be declared on 2D canvas surfaces
  • Payment Request API

    JS API
    Payment Request is a new API for the open web that makes checkout flows easier, faster and consistent on shopping sites.
  • Built-in PDF viewer

    Other
    Support for an PDF viewer that is part of the browser, rather than requiring a PDF file to be opened in an external application.
  • Permissions API

    JS APISecurity
    High-level JavaScript API for checking and requesting permissions
  • Permissions Policy

    JS APIOtherSecurity
    A security mechanism that allows developers to explicitly enable or disable various powerful browser features for a given site. Similar to [Document Policy](/document-policy).
  • Picture element

    DOMHTML5
    A responsive images method to control which image resource a user agent presents to a user, based on resolution, media query and/or support for a particular image format
  • Picture-in-Picture

    JS API
    Allows websites to create a floating video window that is always on top of other windows so that users may continue consuming media while they interact with other sites or applications on their device.
  • Ping attribute

    HTML5
    When used on an anchor, this attribute signifies that the browser should send a ping request the resource the attribute points to.
  • Pointer events

    DOMJS API
    This specification integrates various inputs from mice, touchscreens, and pens, making separate implementations no longer necessary and authoring for cross-device pointers easier. Not to be mistaken with the unrelated "pointer-events" CSS property.
  • CSS pointer-events (for HTML)

    CSS3
    This CSS property, when set to "none" allows elements to not receive hover/click events, instead the event will occur on anything behind it.
  • Pointer Lock API

    JS API
    API that provides access to raw mouse movement data. This is done by ignoring boundaries resulting from screen edges where the cursor can't go beyond, providing proper control for first person or real time strategy games.
  • Portals

    HTML5JS API
    Portals enable seamless navigation between sites or pages. A new page can be loaded as an inset using the
    <portal>
    element (similar to an iframe) which can then seamlessly transition to the new navigated state when "activated".
  • prefers-color-scheme media query

    CSS
    Media query to detect if the user has set their system to use a light or dark color theme.
  • prefers-reduced-motion media query

    CSS
    CSS media query based on a user preference for preferring reduced motion (animation, etc).
  • Promise.prototype.finally

    JS
    When the promise is settled, whether fulfilled or rejected, the specified callback function is executed.
  • Promises

    JS
    A promise represents the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
  • Proximity API

    JS API
    Defines events that provide information about the distance between a device and an object, as measured by a proximity sensor.
  • Proxy object

    JS
    The Proxy object allows custom behavior to be defined for fundamental operations. Useful for logging, profiling, object visualization, etc.
  • HTTP Public Key Pinning

    Security
    Declare that a website's HTTPS certificate should only be treated as valid if the public key is contained in a list specified over HTTP to prevent MITM attacks that use valid CA-issued certificates.
  • Push API

    JS API
    API to allow messages to be pushed from a server to a browser, even when the site isn't focused or even open in the browser.
  • Referrer Policy

    Security
    A policy that controls how much information is shared through the HTTP referrer header. Helps to protect user privacy.
  • Custom protocol handling

    HTML5
    Method of allowing a webpage to handle a given protocol using
    navigator.registerProtocolHandler
    . This allows certain URLs to be opened by a given web application, for example
    mailto:
    addresses can be opened by a webmail client.
  • rel=noopener

    DOMHTML5Security
    Ensure new browsing contexts are opened without a useful
    window.opener
  • Link type "noreferrer"

    DOMHTML5Security
    Links with
    rel="noreferrer"
    set do not send the request's "referrer" header. This prevents the destination site from seeing what URL the user came from.
  • relList (DOMTokenList)

    DOMHTML5
    Method of easily manipulating rel attribute values on elements, using the DOMTokenList object (similar to classList).
  • requestAnimationFrame

    JS API
    API allowing a more efficient way of running script-based animation, compared to traditional methods using timeouts. Also covers support for
    cancelAnimationFrame
  • requestIdleCallback

    JS API
    API allowing the execution of JavaScript to be queued to run in idle browser time, either at the end of a frame or when the user is inactive. Also covers support for
    cancelIdleCallback
    . The API has similarities with
    requestAnimationFrame
    .
  • Resize Observer

    DOMJS API
    Method for observing and reacting to changes to sizes of DOM elements.
  • Resource Timing

    JS API
    Method to help web developers to collect complete timing information related to resources on a document.
  • Rest parameters

    JS
    Allows representation of an indefinite number of arguments as an array.
  • WebRTC Peer-to-peer connections

    JS API
    Method of allowing two users to communicate directly, browser to browser using the RTCPeerConnection API.
  • Ruby annotation

    HTML5
    Method of adding pronunciation or other annotations using ruby elements (primarily used in East Asian typography).
  • display: run-in

    CSSCSS2
    If the run-in box contains a block box, same as block. If a block box follows the run-in box, the run-in box becomes the first inline box of the block box. If an inline box follows, the run-in box becomes a block box.
  • 'SameSite' cookie attribute

    Security
    Same-site cookies ("First-Party-Only" or "First-Party") allow servers to mitigate the risk of CSRF and information leakage attacks by asserting that a particular cookie should only be sent with requests initiated from the same registrable domain.
  • Screen Orientation

    JS API
    Provides the ability to read the screen orientation state, to be informed when this state changes, and to be able to lock the screen orientation to a specific state.
  • async attribute for external scripts

    DOMHTML5
    The boolean async attribute on script elements allows the external JavaScript file to run when it's available, without delaying page load first.
  • defer attribute for external scripts

    DOMHTML5
    The boolean defer attribute on script elements allows the external JavaScript file to run when the DOM is loaded, without delaying page load first.
  • scrollIntoView

    DOMJS API
    The
    Element.scrollIntoView()
    method scrolls the current element into the visible area of the browser window. Parameters can be provided to set the position inside the visible area as well as whether scrolling should be instant or smooth.
  • Element.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded()

    DOMJS API
    If the element is fully within the visible area of the viewport, it does nothing. Otherwise, the element is scrolled into view. A proprietary variant of the standard
    Element.scrollIntoView()
    method.
  • SDCH Accept-Encoding/Content-Encoding

    Other
    Shared Dictionary Compression over HTTP
  • Selection API

    JS API
    API for accessing selected content of a document, including the
    window.getSelection()
    method, as well as the
    selectstart
    &
    selectionchange
    events on
    document
    .
  • Server Timing

    JS API
    Mechanism for web developers to annotate network requests with server timing information.
  • Service Workers

    JS API
    Method that enables applications to take advantage of persistent background processing, including hooks to enable bootstrapping of web applications while offline.
  • Efficient Script Yielding: setImmediate()

    JS API
    Yields control flow without the minimum delays enforced by setTimeout
  • Shadow DOM (deprecated V0 spec)

    DOM
    Original V0 version of the Shadow DOM specification. See [Shadow DOM V1](#feat=shadowdomv1) for support for the latest version.
  • Shadow DOM (V1)

    DOM
    Method of establishing and maintaining functional boundaries between DOM trees and how these trees interact with each other within a document, thus enabling better functional encapsulation within the DOM & CSS.
  • Shared Array Buffer

    JS
    Type of ArrayBuffer that can be shared across Workers.
  • Shared Web Workers

    JS API
    Method of allowing multiple scripts to communicate with a single web worker.
  • SPDY protocol

    Other
    Networking protocol for low-latency transport of content over the web. Superseded by HTTP version 2.
  • Speech Recognition API

    JS API
    Method to provide speech input in a web browser.
  • Speech Synthesis API

    JS API
    A web API for controlling a text-to-speech output.
  • Spellcheck attribute

    HTML5
    Attribute for
    input
    /
    textarea
    fields to enable/disable the browser's spellchecker.
  • Web SQL Database

    JS API
    Method of storing data client-side, allows SQLite database queries for access and manipulation.
  • Srcset and sizes attributes

    HTML5
    The
    srcset
    and
    sizes
    attributes on
    img
    (or
    source
    ) elements allow authors to define various image resources and "hints" that assist a user agent to determine the most appropriate image source to display (e.g. high-resolution displays, small monitors, etc).
  • getUserMedia/Stream API

    JS API
    Method of accessing external device data (such as a webcam video stream). Formerly this was envisioned as the <device> element.
  • Streams

    JS API
    Method of creating, composing, and consuming streams of data, that map efficiently to low-level I/O primitives, and allow easy composition with built-in backpressure and queuing.
  • Strict Transport Security

    Security
    Declare that a website is only accessible over a secure connection (HTTPS).
  • Scoped CSS

    CSSHTML5
    Allows CSS rules to be scoped to part of the document, based on the position of the style element. The attribute has been [removed from the current specification](https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/552).
  • Subresource Integrity

    HTML5Security
    Subresource Integrity enables browsers to verify that file is delivered without unexpected manipulation.
  • SVG fonts

    SVG
    Method of using fonts defined as SVG shapes. Removed from [SVG 2.0](https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG2/changes.html#fonts) and considered as a deprecated feature with support being removed from browsers.
  • SVG effects for HTML

    SVG
    Method of using SVG transforms, filters, etc on HTML elements using either CSS or the foreignObject element
  • SVG SMIL animation

    SVG
    Method of using animation elements to animate SVG images
  • Signed HTTP Exchanges (SXG)

    Other
    Part of the Web Packaging spec, Signed HTTP Exchanges allow a different origin server to provide a resource, and this will be treated as if it came from the original server. This can be use with AMP CDNs, for example, to allow the original URL to be displayed in the URL bar.
  • HTML templates

    DOMHTML5
    Method of declaring a portion of reusable markup that is parsed but not rendered until cloned.
  • ES6 Template Literals (Template Strings)

    JS
    Template literals are string literals allowing embedded expressions using backtick characters (`). You can use multi-line strings and string interpolation features with them. Formerly known as template strings.
  • Temporal

    JSJS API
    A modern API for working with date and time, meant to supersede the original
    Date
    API.
  • text-decoration styling

    CSS3
    Method of defining the type, style and color of lines in the text-decoration property. These can be defined as shorthand (e.g.
    text-decoration: line-through dashed blue
    ) or as single properties (e.g.
    text-decoration-color: blue
    )
  • text-emphasis styling

    CSS3
    Method of using small symbols next to each glyph to emphasize a run of text, commonly used in East Asian languages. The
    text-emphasis
    shorthand, and its
    text-emphasis-style
    and
    text-emphasis-color
    longhands, can be used to apply marks to the text. The
    text-emphasis-position
    property, which inherits separately, allows setting the emphasis marks' position with respect to the text.
  • CSS text-size-adjust

    CSS3
    On mobile devices, the text-size-adjust CSS property allows Web authors to control if and how the text-inflating algorithm is applied to the textual content of the element it is applied to.
  • CSS text-stroke and text-fill

    CSS
    Method of declaring the outline (stroke) width and color for text.
  • TextEncoder & TextDecoder

    JS API
    TextEncoder
    encodes a JavaScript string into bytes using the UTF-8 encoding and returns the resulting
    Uint8Array
    of those bytes.
    TextDecoder
    does the reverse.
  • TLS 1.3

    Security
    Version 1.3 (the latest one) of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. Removes weaker elliptic curves and hash functions.
  • Touch events

    DOMJS API
    Method of registering when, where and how the interface is touched, for devices with a touch screen. These DOM events are similar to mousedown, mousemove, etc.
  • CSS3 2D Transforms

    CSS3
    Method of transforming an element including rotating, scaling, etc. Includes support for
    transform
    as well as
    transform-origin
    properties.
  • CSS3 3D Transforms

    CSS3
    Method of transforming an element in the third dimension using the
    transform
    property. Includes support for the
    perspective
    property to set the perspective in z-space and the
    backface-visibility
    property to toggle display of the reverse side of a 3D-transformed element.
  • Trusted Types for DOM manipulation

    DOMJS APIOtherSecurity
    An API that forces developers to be very explicit about their use of powerful DOM-injection APIs. Can greatly improve security against XSS attacks.
  • TTF/OTF - TrueType and OpenType font support

    CSS3
    Support for the TrueType (.ttf) and OpenType (.otf) outline font formats in @font-face.
  • FIDO U2F API

    JS APISecurity
    JavaScript API to interact with Universal Second Factor (U2F) devices. This allows users to log into sites more securely using two-factor authentication with a USB dongle.
  • unhandledrejection/rejectionhandled events

    JSJS API
    The
    unhandledrejection
    event is fired when a Promise is rejected but there is no rejection handler to deal with the rejection. The
    rejectionhandled
    event is fired when a Promise is rejected, and after the rejection is handled by the promise's rejection handling code.
  • Upgrade Insecure Requests

    Security
    Declare that browsers should transparently upgrade HTTP resources on a website to HTTPS.
  • URL API

    JS API
    API to retrieve the various parts that make up a given URL from a given URL string.
  • URL Scroll-To-Text Fragment

    Other
    URL fragment that defines a piece of text to be scrolled into view and highlighted.
  • URLSearchParams

    JS API
    The URLSearchParams interface defines utility methods to work with the query string of a URL.
  • CSS user-select: none

    CSS
    Method of preventing text/element selection using CSS.
  • User Timing API

    JS API
    Method to help web developers measure the performance of their applications by giving them access to high precision timestamps.
  • Variable fonts

    CSS
    OpenType font settings that allows a single font file to behave like multiple fonts: it can contain all the allowed variations in width, weight, slant, optical size, or any other exposed axes of variation as defined by the font designer. Variations can be applied via the
    font-variation-settings
    property.
  • Vibration API

    JS API
    Method to access the vibration mechanism of the hosting device.
  • Video element

    HTML5
    Method of playing videos on webpages (without requiring a plug-in). Includes support for the following media properties:
    currentSrc
    ,
    currentTime
    ,
    paused
    ,
    playbackRate
    ,
    buffered
    ,
    duration
    ,
    played
    ,
    seekable
    ,
    ended
    ,
    autoplay
    ,
    loop
    ,
    controls
    ,
    volume
    &
    muted
  • Video Tracks

    HTML5
    Method of specifying and selecting between multiple video tracks. Useful for providing sign language tracks, burnt-in captions or subtitles, alternative camera angles, etc.
  • Small, Large, and Dynamic viewport units

    CSS
    Viewport units similar to
    vw
    and
    vh
    that are based on shown or hidden browser UI states to address shortcomings of the original units. Currently defined as the
    sv*
    units (
    svb
    svh
    svi
    svmax
    svmin
    svw
    ),
    lv*
    units (
    lvb
    lvh
    lvi
    lvmax
    lvmin
    lvw
    ),
    dv*
    units (
    dvb
    dvh
    dvi
    dvmax
    dvmin
    dvw
    ) and the logical
    vi
    /
    vb
    units.
  • Viewport units: vw, vh, vmin, vmax

    CSS3
    Length units representing a percentage of the current viewport dimensions: width (vw), height (vh), the smaller of the two (vmin), or the larger of the two (vmax).
  • Screen Wake Lock API

    JS API
    API to prevent devices from dimming, locking or turning off the screen when the application needs to keep running.
  • WebAssembly

    Other
    WebAssembly or "wasm" is a new portable, size- and load-time-efficient format suitable for compilation to the web.
  • Wav audio format

    Other
    Waveform Audio File Format, aka WAV or WAVE, a typically uncompressed audio format.
  • Web Animations API

    DOMJS API
    Lets you create animations that are run in the browser, as well as inspect and manipulate animations created through declarative means like CSS.
  • Add to home screen (A2HS)

    HTML5Other
    The ability for a user to "install" a website and use it as if it was a natively installed app. To enable this behaviour, a website must serve a valid Web App Manifest and load it's assets through a [Service Worker](https://caniuse.com/#feat=serviceworkers).
  • Web Bluetooth

    JS API
    Allows web sites to communicate over GATT with nearby user-selected Bluetooth devices in a secure and privacy-preserving way.
  • Web Serial API

    JS API
    Allows communication with devices via a serial interface.
  • Web Share API

    JS API
    A way to allow websites to invoke the native sharing capabilities of the host platform
  • Web Authentication API

    Security
    The Web Authentication API is an extension of the Credential Management API that enables strong authentication with public key cryptography, enabling password-less authentication and / or secure second-factor authentication without SMS texts.
  • WebCodecs API

    JS API
    API to provide more control over the encoding and decoding of audio, video, and images.
  • WebGL - 3D Canvas graphics

    Canvas
    Method of generating dynamic 3D graphics using JavaScript, accelerated through hardware
  • WebGL 2.0

    Canvas
    Next version of WebGL. Based on OpenGL ES 3.0.
  • WebGPU

    JS API
    An API for complex rendering and compute, using hardware acceleration. Use cases include demanding 3D games and acceleration of scientific calculations. Meant to supersede WebGL.
  • WebHID API

    JS API
    Enables raw access to HID (Human Interface Device) commands for all connected HIDs. Previously, an HID could only be accessed if the browser had implemented a custom API for the specific device.
  • CSS -webkit-user-drag property

    CSS
    The non-standard
    -webkit-user-drag
    CSS property can be used to either make an element draggable or explicitly non-draggable (like links and images). See the standardized [draggable attribute/property](/mdn-api_htmlelement_draggable) for the recommended alternative method of accomplishing the same functionality.
  • WebM video format

    Other
    Multimedia format designed to provide a royalty-free, high-quality open video compression format for use with HTML5 video. WebM supports the video codec VP8 and VP9.
  • Web NFC

    JS API
    This API allows a website to communicate with NFC tags through a device's NFC reader.
  • WebP image format

    Other
    Image format (based on the VP8 video format) that supports lossy and lossless compression, as well as animation and alpha transparency. WebP generally has better compression than JPEG, PNG and GIF and is designed to supersede them. [AVIF](/avif) and [JPEG XL](/jpegxl) are designed to supersede WebP.
  • Web Sockets

    JS API
    Bidirectional communication technology for web apps
  • WebTransport

    JS API
    Protocol framework to send and receive data from servers using [HTTP3](/http3). Similar to [WebSockets](/websockets) but with support for multiple streams, unidirectional streams, out-of-order delivery, and reliable as well as unreliable transport.
  • WebUSB

    JS API
    Allows communication with devices via USB (Universal Serial Bus).
  • WebVR API

    JS API
    API for accessing virtual reality (VR) devices, including sensors and head-mounted displays. Replaced by the [WebXR Device API](/webxr).
  • WebVTT - Web Video Text Tracks

    Other
    Format for marking up text captions for multimedia resources.
  • Web Workers

    JS API
    Method of running scripts in the background, isolated from the web page
  • WebXR Device API

    JS API
    API for accessing virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) devices, including sensors and head-mounted displays.
  • CSS will-change property

    CSS
    Method of optimizing animations by informing the browser which elements will change and what properties will change.
  • WOFF - Web Open Font Format

    Other
    Compressed TrueType/OpenType font that contains information about the font's source.
  • WOFF 2.0 - Web Open Font Format

    Other
    TrueType/OpenType font that provides better compression than WOFF 1.0.
  • CSS3 word-break

    CSS3
    Property to prevent or allow words to be broken over multiple lines between letters.
  • X-Frame-Options HTTP header

    Security
    An HTTP header which indicates whether the browser should allow the webpage to be displayed in a frame within another webpage. Used as a defense against clickjacking attacks.
  • XMLHttpRequest advanced features

    DOMJS API
    Adds more functionality to XHR (aka AJAX) requests like file uploads, transfer progress information and the ability to send form data. Previously known as [XMLHttpRequest Level 2](https://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-XMLHttpRequest-20120117/), these features now appear simply in the XMLHttpRequest spec.
  • XHTML+SMIL animation

    Other
    Method of using SMIL animation in web pages