Re: [blink-dev] Intent to Ship: object-fit and object-position apply to SVG documents in and

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:00:52 -0700

Great! LGTM2 contingent on landing cross-origin object support and a
corresponding test.

On Fri, Oct 2, 2026 at 9:34 AM Felipe Erias <[email protected]> wrote:

> This Intent was initially about enabling the current implementation by
> default, but I agree that it should also work for cross-origin objects
> before shipping.
>
> The remaining gap is out-of-process frames. I am implementing the fix and
> will upload the CLs shortly.
>
> This feature only covers SVG documents in <object> and <embed>. It will
> not apply to responsively-sized iframes, at least not in this Intent. The
> CSS Sizing 4 spec limits responsive sizing to HTML documents in iframes,
> and excludes SVG documents for the time being:
>
> > Note: Currently, the HTML <meta> element appearing in the <head> of an
> HTML document is the only way for an embedded document to opt into this
> feature in HTML. This means that SVG documents in <iframe> cannot do so.
>
> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-sizing-4/#iframe-frame-sizing
>
> On Thursday, 1 October 2026 at 00:20:13 UTC+9 Chris Harrelson wrote:
>
>> I think this needs to work for cross-origin objects before shipping,
>> could you please implement the TODO?
>>
>> Also, a feature for responsively sized iframes was recently shipped,
>> should this layout feature apply to those iframes?
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 7:22 AM Felipe Erias <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> This Intent is only about <embed> and <object>, which are the cases
>>> covered by WPT tests and supported by other browsers (already implemented
>>> in Firefox, open bug in WebKit).
>>>
>>> My first CL placed this change in LayoutEmbeddedContent, so it would
>>> have also applied to iframes. This did not have any actual impact because
>>> iframes don't report natural dimensions, and the code was moved to
>>> LayoutEmbeddedObject in a second CL.
>>>
>>> The current implementation does not yet support the case where the SVG
>>> comes from a different site and is rendered in a separate process:
>>> <object data="https://other-site.net/chart.svg"; style="width: 400px;
>>> height: 400px; object-fit: contain"></object>
>>>
>>> This is a known limitation, noted with a TODO in
>>> LayoutEmbeddedObject::ReplacedContentRectFrom:
>>> // TODO(crbug.com/41302806): Only works for same-origin content
>>> (LocalFrame).
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Felipe
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, 22 September 2026 at 05:46:57 UTC+9 Stephen Chenney wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM Mike Taylor <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/20/26 10:54 p.m., Chromestatus wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> *Contact emails*
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>
>>>>> *Specification*
>>>>>
>>>>> https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/rendering.html#embedded-content-rendering-rules
>>>>>
>>>>> *Summary*
>>>>> SVG documents loaded through <object> or <embed> are sized and
>>>>> positioned inside the element's content box according to the CSS 
>>>>> object-fit
>>>>> and object-position properties, the same way <img> content is. Previously
>>>>> Chrome ignored both properties for embedded SVG documents and always
>>>>> stretched the document viewport to the whole content box.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Blink component*
>>>>> Blink>SVG
>>>>> <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3ESVG%22>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Web Feature ID*
>>>>> object-fit <https://webstatus.dev/features/object-fit>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Motivation*
>>>>> Authors use object-fit and object-position to control how replaced
>>>>> content is scaled and placed inside its box.
>>>>> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-images-3/#the-object-fit
>>>>> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-images-3/#the-object-position Currently,
>>>>> Chrome applies them to images and videos but ignores them for SVG 
>>>>> documents
>>>>> loaded through <object> or <embed>, which are always stretched to fill the
>>>>> element. The fix has been implemented behind the
>>>>> SVGEmbeddedAsReplacedElement flag since M141. This entry ships it by
>>>>> default.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Initial public proposal*
>>>>> *No information provided*
>>>>>
>>>>> *Search tags*
>>>>> svg <http:///features#tags:svg>, object-fit
>>>>> <http:///features#tags:object-fit>, object-position
>>>>> <http:///features#tags:object-position>
>>>>>
>>>>> *TAG review*
>>>>> *No information provided*
>>>>>
>>>>> *TAG review status*
>>>>> Not applicable
>>>>>
>>>>> *Goals for experimentation*
>>>>> None
>>>>>
>>>>> *Risks*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Interoperability and Compatibility*
>>>>> With the initial values (object-fit: fill; object-position: 50% 50%)
>>>>> the replaced content rect is the whole content box, so pages that do not
>>>>> set these properties render as before. Rendering changes where authors
>>>>> intentionally set object-fit / object-position on an <object>/<embed>
>>>>> hosting an SVG document. Firefox already applies both properties in this
>>>>> case; Safari not yet (https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317804).
>>>>> Rendering also changes in fullscreen, where the UA stylesheet sets
>>>>> object-fit: contain for a fullscreen <object>/<embed>. This is tested by
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/fullscreen/rendering/backdrop-object.html
>>>>> (Firefox and Safari time out on that test for harness reasons, test can be
>>>>> verified manually on Firefox.) Only <object> and <embed> are affected;
>>>>> <iframe> is unchanged, as in Firefox. Known limitation: SVG documents
>>>>> hosted in an out-of-process frame are not covered and keep the old
>>>>> behaviour.
>>>>>
>>>>> Could you elaborate on why the OOPIF behavior differs? Sometimes SVG
>>>> is embedded in an iframe and I would expect sizing to work the same in that
>>>> context.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Gecko*: Shipped/Shipping (https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images) See
>>>>> the related WPT tests in the css-images folders.
>>>>>
>>>>> *WebKit*: No signal (https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317804) Bug
>>>>> still in the NEW status.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can we request an official signal from WebKit please?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Web developers*: No signals
>>>>>
>>>>> *Other signals*:
>>>>>
>>>>> *WebView application risks*
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such
>>>>> that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?
>>>>> None.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Debuggability*
>>>>> No changes, as object-fit and object-position are already supported by
>>>>> DevTools.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows,
>>>>> Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?*
>>>>> Yes
>>>>>
>>>>> *Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests
>>>>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>?*
>>>>> Yes
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-contain-svg-001e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-contain-svg-001o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-contain-svg-002e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-contain-svg-002o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-contain-svg-003e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-contain-svg-003o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-contain-svg-004e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-contain-svg-004o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-contain-svg-005e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-contain-svg-005o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-contain-svg-006e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-contain-svg-006o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-cover-svg-001e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-cover-svg-001o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-cover-svg-002e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-cover-svg-002o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-cover-svg-003e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-cover-svg-003o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-cover-svg-004e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-cover-svg-004o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-cover-svg-005e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-cover-svg-005o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-cover-svg-006e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-cover-svg-006o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-dyn-aspect-ratio-001.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-dyn-aspect-ratio-002.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-fill-svg-001e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-fill-svg-001o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-fill-svg-002e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-fill-svg-002o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-fill-svg-003e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-fill-svg-003o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-fill-svg-004e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-fill-svg-004o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-fill-svg-005e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-fill-svg-005o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-fill-svg-006e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-fill-svg-006o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-none-svg-001e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-none-svg-001o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-none-svg-002e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-none-svg-002o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-none-svg-003e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-none-svg-003o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-none-svg-004e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-none-svg-004o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-none-svg-005e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-none-svg-005o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-none-svg-006e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-none-svg-006o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-scale-down-svg-001e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-scale-down-svg-001o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-scale-down-svg-002e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-scale-down-svg-002o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-scale-down-svg-003e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-scale-down-svg-003o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-scale-down-svg-004e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-scale-down-svg-004o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-scale-down-svg-005e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-scale-down-svg-005o.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-scale-down-svg-006e.html
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-images/object-fit-scale-down-svg-006o.html
>>>>>
>>>>> *Flag name on about://flags*
>>>>> SVGEmbeddedAsReplacedElement
>>>>>
>>>>> *Finch feature name*
>>>>> SVGEmbeddedAsReplacedElement
>>>>>
>>>>> *Rollout plan*
>>>>> Will ship enabled for all users
>>>>>
>>>>> *Requires code in //chrome?*
>>>>> False
>>>>>
>>>>> *Tracking bug*
>>>>> https://issues.chromium.org/41302806
>>>>>
>>>>> *Estimated milestones*
>>>>> Shipping on desktop 157
>>>>> Shipping on Android 157
>>>>> Shipping on WebView 157
>>>>>
>>>>> *Anticipated spec changes*
>>>>>
>>>>> Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or
>>>>> interop issues. Please list open issues (e.g. links to known github issues
>>>>> in the project for the feature specification) whose resolution may
>>>>> introduce web compat/interop risk (e.g., changing to naming or structure 
>>>>> of
>>>>> the API in a non-backward-compatible way).
>>>>> None.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status*
>>>>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/4886345347629056?gate=4869870255734784
>>>>>
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