Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 198

Jul 3, 2024

by Jon Davis

Safari Technology Preview Release 198 is now available for download for macOS Sequoia beta and macOS Sonoma. 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: 279855@main…280286@main.

CSS

New Features

  • Added support for the :active-view-transition pseudo-class. (280027@main) (129851076)

Forms

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed input elements to use the [value] as the first fallback step base. (280127@main) (107721910)

JavaScript

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed V128 values to be throwable to match the specification. (279989@main) (106030051)

Media

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed missing picture-in-picture when leaving Safari with picture-in-picture enabled from video viewer. (279877@main) (124376686)
  • Fixed the context menu to show “Exit Viewer” when using video viewer. (280128@main) (126300924)

Rendering

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed scrolling in a flexbox container. (279992@main) (129343181)

Safari Extensions

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed throwing an exception when calling browser.storage.set with undefined as a map value. (280265@main) (130282050)

SVG

Deprecations

  • Removed non-standard getTransformToElement from SVGGraphicsElement (280208@main) (122435702)

Web API

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed an issue when inserting writing suggestions into an editable display: grid container. (279986@main) (129366300)

Web Inspector

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed disappearing objects and disclosure triangles when Web Inspector is at narrow widths. (279894@main) (121861970)
  • Fixed the list of breakpoints in the Sources tab disappearing when Web Inspector is reloaded. (279884@main) (123641994)

WebRTC

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed RTCEncodedVideoFrame and RTCEncodedAudioFrame to match the WebIDL specification. (280198@main) (118607685)