Bug 313914 – SVG filter not working with <foreignObject> in Safari only

• Status: NEW
• Component: SVG

[Joe Pea]

Created attachment 479446 [details]
Zipped reproduction with HTML file.

Not sure if "Blocker" is the correct severity, but for the feature itself I seem to be totally blocked from using it in Safari without a workaround.

I am unable to get an SVG filter (f.e. `<feDisplacementMap>`) applied to HTML content inside of an SVG `<foreignObject>` element.

Attached are three screenshots of a "Liquid Glass" technique using `<foreignObject>` + `<feDisplacementMap>` in lieu of support for CSS `backdrop-filter` (which only works in Chrome at the moment), one screenshot per browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari) where only Safari is unable to render the result.

To reproduce:

- Download the "reproduction.zip" file and unzip it (or clone https://github.com/trusktr/html-liquid-glass and check out commit 3453360b61a601be04c6815bd4b9e0b11f1bb4e3)
- go into the folder in a terminal
- run a local static HTTP server for the folder (f.e. `npx serve .` with Node.js or `python -m http.server` with Python)
- open the result in Safari and see that the first and second examples on the page are not rendering refraction effects.
- See the attached screenshots for comparison, or try opening in Chrome and Firefox.

[Joe Pea]

Created attachment 479447 [details]
Refraction effect working in Chrome.

Refraction effect working in Chrome.

[Joe Pea]

Created attachment 479448 [details]
Refraction effect working in Firefox.

[Joe Pea]

Created attachment 479449 [details]
Refraction effect not working in Safari.

[Joe Pea]

To root out the possibility of browser differences in treatment of security for localhost domains, I published it online where it still works in all browser but Safari:

https://trusktr.github.io/html-liquid-glass

[Radar WebKit Bug Importer]

<rdar://problem/176710209>

[Karl Dubost]

<svg class="hero-demo-lens" id="hero-demo-html-lens" viewBox="0 0 200 200" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid slice" color-interpolation-filters="sRGB" aria-hidden="true">
    <defs>

        <filter id="hero-demo-html-filter" x="-18%" y="-18%" width="136%" height="136%" color-interpolation-filters="sRGB">
            <feGaussianBlur in="SourceGraphic" stdDeviation="0.2" result="blurred_source"></feGaussianBlur>
            <feImage href="https://trusktr.github.io/html-liquid-glass/hero-displacement-map.png" x="0" y="0" width="200" height="200" result="displacement_map"></feImage>
            <feDisplacementMap in="blurred_source" in2="displacement_map" scale="178.63115169214103" xChannelSelector="R" yChannelSelector="G" result="displaced"></feDisplacementMap>
            <feColorMatrix in="displaced" type="saturate" values="6" result="displaced_saturated"></feColorMatrix>
            <feImage href="https://trusktr.github.io/html-liquid-glass/hero-specular-map.png" x="0" y="0" width="200" height="200" result="specular_layer"></feImage>
            <feComposite in="displaced_saturated" in2="specular_layer" operator="in" result="specular_saturated"></feComposite>
            <feComponentTransfer in="specular_layer" result="specular_faded">
                <feFuncA type="linear" slope="0.2"></feFuncA>
            </feComponentTransfer>
            <feBlend in="specular_saturated" in2="displaced" mode="normal" result="with_saturation"></feBlend>
            <feBlend in="specular_faded" in2="with_saturation" mode="normal"></feBlend>
        </filter>
    </defs>
    <g filter="url(#hero-demo-html-filter)">

        <foreignObject x="0" y="0" width="200" height="200">
            <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" style="width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;">
                <div class="hero-card-stage hero-card-stage--lens" id="hero-demo-html-lens-stage" style="transform: translate(-238px, -97.795px);">

                    <article class="hero-text-card is-active">
                        <div class="hero-text-kicker">HTML Backdrop</div>
                        <h2 class="hero-text-title">Liquid glass can bend live text too.</h2>
                        <p class="hero-text-copy">This live version reuses the same layout as the screenshot mock, but keeps the card as ordinary HTML underneath the glass lens.</p>
                        <p class="hero-text-copy">The button stays interactive in the base scene while the lens is rendered from an HTML-only foreignObject overlay above it.</p>
                        <div class="hero-text-actions">
                            <button class="hero-text-action" type="button" data-hero-html-toggle="true">Activated</button>
                            <div class="hero-text-status" aria-live="polite">Button click reached the live HTML node.</div>
                        </div>
                    </article>
                </div>
            </div>
        </foreignObject>
    </g>
</svg>