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# Safari Technology Preview 188 Release Notes

Learn about the latest web technology updates in Safari Technology Preview: Accessibility, Animations, Browser Changes, CSS, Forms, Loading, Lockdown Mode, Media, Rendering, Scrolling, Storage, SVG, Web API, Web Extensions, WebAuthn, WebGL, and WebRTC.

## Overview

[Safari Technology Preview](https://webkit.org/blog/6017/introducing-safari-technology-preview/) Release 188 is now [available for download](https://developer.apple.com/safari/resources/) for macOS Sonoma and macOS Ventura. If you already have Safari Technology Preview installed, you can update it in System Settings under General → Software Update.

This release includes WebKit changes between: [272449@main…273601@main](https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/compare/31001e9814a15c1e2639a8fb4836b1ec65cc2fd1...10a815cfebf7c0bb1cbae781a57de67cd96edeee).

### Accessibility

#### New Features

- Added support for the new CSS `content` alternative text syntax. ([272455@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272455@main))  (26942023)

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed role assignment for `<header>` inside `<main>` and sectioning elements. ([273188@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273188@main))  (48370244)
- Fixed text missing from accessibility labels for many common shadow DOM scenarios. ([272531@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272531@main))  (120223342)
- Fixed the mapping for the iOS accessibility framework to speak “switch button”, “on”, and “off” for `<input type=checkbox switch>`. ([273206@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273206@main))  (121215059)
- Fixed comboboxes to expose their linked objects correctly. ([273542@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273542@main))  (121242926)

### Animations

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed the `transition` property to produce the shortest serialization. ([272513@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272513@main))  (119822401)
- Fixed the `animation` property to produce the shortest serialization. ([272629@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272629@main))  (120439368)

### Browser Changes

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed loading a ⌘Click fragment link in a background tab. ([272906@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272906@main))  (119079650)
- Fixed saving linked subresources when saving web page resources. ([272925@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272925@main))  (120491493)

### CSS

#### New Features

- Added `supports()` syntax for `@import` rules. ([273591@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273591@main))  (109060734)

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed `getComputedStyle()` for invalid pseudo-elements. ([272543@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272543@main))  (98504661)
- Fixed `oklab` and `oklch` lightness value clamping. ([272501@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272501@main))  (116195533)
- Fixed poor performance with `:has(+ :not(.class))` pseudo-class selector. ([272678@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272678@main))  (119819247)
- Fixed CSS `content` computed value serialization. ([272476@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272476@main))  (120061551)
- Fixed pseudo-element parsing in `getComputedStyle()` and `KeyframeEffect.prototype.pseudoElement` so they require them starting with `::` (or `:` for 4 legacy pseudo-elements). ([272499@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272499@main))  (120170550)
- Fixed CSS `linear()` easing. ([272613@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272613@main))  (120290721)
- Fixed: Aliased `:-webkit-full-screen` pseudo-class to `:fullscreen`. ([272577@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272577@main))  (120335917)
- Fixed: Aliased `:-webkit-any-link` to `:any-link` and `:matches()` to `:is()`. ([272559@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272559@main))  (120337922)
- Fixed `getComputedStyle()` pseudo-element parsing to support the full range of CSS syntax. ([272649@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272649@main))  (120471227)
- Fixed `:not(:has(:not(foo)))` getting misclassified as scope breaking. ([273177@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273177@main))  (120492012)
- Fixed `@supports` to correctly handle support for some `-webkit` prefixed pseudo-elements that were incorrectly treated as unsupported. ([272726@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272726@main))  (120577690)
- Fixed updating media-query sensitive meta tags after style changes. ([272947@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272947@main))  (120854167)

#### Deprecations

- Removed `-webkit-alt` and `alt` properties. ([272480@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272480@main))  (120051066)
- Removed the non-standard `resize: auto` property. ([273035@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273035@main))  (120138995)
- Made `-apple-` prefixed pseudo-elements no longer valid. ([272538@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272538@main))  (120268884)
- Removed `:-webkit-animating-full-screen-transition` pseudo-class. ([273529@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273529@main))  (121302758)
- Removed `:-khtml-drag` pseudo-class. ([273261@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273261@main))  (121303391)

### Forms

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed `text-indent` to affect the selected file(s) label for file inputs. ([272837@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272837@main))  (105223868)

### Loading

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed `navigator.cookieEnabled` to return `false` when cookies are blocked. ([273522@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273522@main))  (121284878)

### Lockdown Mode

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed Lockdown Mode disabling on sites with COOP and COEP HTTP headers. ([273243@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273243@main))  (119503109)

### Media

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed HLS video captions where there are multiple text tracks available. ([272784@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272784@main))  (119839950)
- Fixed fullscreen video not scaling to display size when the Safari window is in Full Screen App Mode. ([272733@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272733@main))  (119893556)
- Fixed handling key renewal requests that cause playback errors for some DRM content. ([272592@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272592@main))  (120230860)
- Fixed paint-on captions shifting during playback. ([272966@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272966@main))  (120847946)
- Fixed blocked encrypted sampled not getting enqueued after a CDM is attached to a SourceBuffer. ([273340@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273340@main))  (120879185)

### Rendering

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed resizing a `<textarea>` element with `1rem` padding. ([273029@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273029@main))  (90639221)
- Fixed incorrectly oriented Traditional Mongolian script characters. ([272454@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272454@main))  (93426525)
- Fixed handling images with color spaces not supported by the backend to fallback to render in sRGB. ([273204@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273204@main))  (118238178)
- Fixed check boxes and radio buttons to avoid floats. ([273047@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273047@main))  (118660695)
- Fixed rendering issues when editing text. ([273320@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273320@main))  (119833765)
- Fixed a floating element causing a list item bullet to be orphaned on constrained lines. ([272451@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272451@main))  (120022893)
- Fixed fully repainting form controls with visual overflow and `writing-mode: vertical-rl`. ([272799@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272799@main))  (120066970)
- Fixed incorrect inline box (hugging) outline painting in vertical writing modes. ([272512@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272512@main))  (120217559)
- Fixed incorrect `ch` unit value in `vertical-rl` and `vertical-lr` when `text-orientation` is not upright. ([272536@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272536@main))  (120293590)
- Fixed the color correctness of the color matrix filter. ([272891@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272891@main))  (120795573)
- Fixed `overflow: hidden` preventing CSS Subgrid. ([273134@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273134@main))  (120848131)
- Fixed the repaint area for underline text decorations. ([273126@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273126@main))  (121082290)
- Fixed rendering floats and an out-of-flow `<br>` element with `clear`. ([273407@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273407@main))  (121444267)

### Scrolling

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed unusable horizontal scrollbars with a right-to-left element. ([272466@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272466@main))  (109858866)
- Fixed wheel overflow behavior with Shadow DOM elements. ([273181@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273181@main))  (118496293)
- Fixed keyboard scrolling beyond the page getting stuck at a bad scroll offset. ([272957@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272957@main))  (120053910)
- Fixed a variety of issues by disabling Scroll Anchoring. ([273238@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273238@main))  (121236706)

### Storage

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed cases where website data is unexpectedly evicted. ([272951@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272951@main))  (119818267)

#### Deprecations

- Removed support for AppCache. ([273297@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273297@main))  (113343269)

### SVG

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed negative SVGTransform scale values to be correctly stringified. ([272885@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272885@main))  (118656892)
- Fixed the layout of an SVG when it is inside an `<iframe>` without affecting the size of the `<iframe>`. ([272503@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272503@main))  (120178866)
- Fixed displaying an SVG element inside a `<switch>` element. ([272831@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272831@main))  (120732837)

### Web API

#### New Features

- Added support for CustomStateSet in custom elements and `:state()` pseudo-class. ([272474@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272474@main))  (120072599)

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed: Added support for AES-GCM in WebCrypto. ([273488@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273488@main))  (101040216)
- Fixed removing highlights in the Custom Highlights API. ([272723@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272723@main))  (119531671)
- Fixed unnecessarily unsetting the iframe fullscreen flag. ([272462@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272462@main))  (120052751)
- Fixed `getElementsByName()` to only return HTML elements, not SVG, MathML, or other types of elements. ([272530@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272530@main))  (120275680)
- Fixed the `button` value for a `pointerup` event not matching the `pointerdown` event. ([273263@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273263@main))  (120429508)
- Fixed a wheel event to fire on an element that has been re-inserted after `document.open`. ([272960@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272960@main))  (120893136)
- Fixed Scroll To Text Fragment Text Directives to find text with additional unrendered white space in their node data. ([273016@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273016@main))  (120913588)
- Fixed Media Capture API to capture the camera. ([273258@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273258@main))  (121256297)

#### Deprecations

- Removed support for `KeyboardEvent.altGraphKey`. ([273379@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273379@main))  (102980723)
- Removed AES-CFB support from WebCrypto. ([272615@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272615@main))  (120000331)
- Removed the non-standard `KeyboardEvent.keyLocation`. ([273457@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273457@main))  (121564228)

### Web Extensions

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed `browsing.scripting.executeScript` to handle all valid argument types.  (120727491)

### WebAuthn

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed `getClientCapabilities` to align with WebAuthn standards to use a record type with camelCase values. ([272998@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272998@main))  (120442670)

### WebGL

#### New Features

- Enabled support for `EXT_conservative_depth` and `NV_shader_noperspective_interpolation`. ([272979@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272979@main))  (120907578)

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed WebGL to be available in nested workers. ([272765@main](https://commits.webkit.org/272765@main))  (120279728)

### WebRTC

#### Resolved Issues

- Fixed triggering resolution scaling in the case of WebRTC maintain-framerate `degradationPreference`. ([273172@main](https://commits.webkit.org/273172@main))  (121041723)

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