Apple has released Safari Technology Preview 165, the latest version of their developer preview web browser. The preview version of Apple’s popular browser offers developers and other interested users the ability to try out features that may or may not, debut in future public release versions of Safari.
Safari Technology Preview release 165 includes bug fixes and performance improvements for Web Inspector, CSS, JavaScript, Layout, Media, Forms, Web Animations, WebCrypto, WebGL, Loading, Web API, Accessibility, and Web Extensions.
This Safari Technology Preview release is version 16.4. The preview is available for both macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura.
Release 165
Web Inspector
- Added support for color-mix CSS values in the Styles details sidebar of the Elements tab (260332@main)
- Added setting to always show rulers when highlighting elements (260416@main)
CSS
- Added support for text-transform: full-size-kana (260307@main)
- Added support for margin-trim for floats in block containers that contain only block boxes (260318@main)
- Added support for x units in calc() function (260678@main)
- Added support to image-set() for resolution and type as optional arguments (260796@main)
- Fixed preserve-3d not being applied to pseudo elements. (260324@main)
- Fixed opacity not applying to dialog element ::backdrop pseudo-class (260556@main)
- Fixed the background to not propagate when content: paint is set on the body or root element (260766@main)
- Fixed table-layout: fixed not being applied when width is max-content (260501@main)
- Fixed font-optical-sizing: auto having no effect (260447@main)
JavaScript
- Added support for RegExp Duplicate Named Capture Groups (260692@main)
- Changed Intl.Locale info proposals’ getters to methods to match the latest specification (260412@main)
- Optimized Boolean constructor calls (260816@main)
- Optimized Proxy [[Set]] trap (260803@main)
- Optimized Bound function calls (260303@main, 260494@main)
- Optimized Reflect.get (260327@main)
- Optimized Proxy [[Get]] trap (260282@main)
- Optimized WebAssembly SIMD operations (260223@main, 260206@main, 260239@main)
- Replaced narrow-no-break spaces from Intl.DateTimeFormat with ASCII spaces for web compatibility (260179@main)
- Updated RegExp UnicodeData to 15.0.0 (260607@main)
Layout
- Fixed accounting of margins in multi-column layout before forced breaks (260510@main)
- Fixed floats with clear to not be placed incorrectly (260674@main)
Media
- Fixed SourceBuffer.timestampOffset not behaving correctly with webm content (260822@main)
- Fixed HDR data to no longer be clipped in AVIF images (260512@main)
Forms
- Fixed resetting the value of an input type=file to null to make the input invalid (260688@main)
- Fixed minlength/maxlength attributes to rely on code units instead of grapheme clusters (260838@main)
Web Animations
- Added support for the length property of CSSKeyframesRule (260400@main)
- Changed animation of mask-image to be discrete (260756@main)
- Fixed custom properties not being treated as valid in the shorthand animation property (260759@main)
- Fixed transition-property: all not applying to custom properties (260384@main)
WebCrypto
- Fixed Secure Curves not having a namedCurve property (260599@main)
WebGL
- Fixed restored WebGL context not being visible until layout (260693@main)
Loading
- Fixed lazily loaded frames to get a contentWindow/contentDocument as soon as they get inserted into the document (260713@main)
- Fixed frames to not be lazily loaded if they have an invalid or about:blank URL (260612@main)
Web API
- Added Headers.prototype.getSetCookie. (260533@main)
- Added support for link rel=modulepreload (260761@main, 260709@main, 260659@main)
- Fixed location.href to throw a DOMException “SyntaxError” on failing to parse the URL (260539@main)
Accessibility
- Fixed aria-errormessage to not be exposed when aria-invalid is false (260545@main)
- Fixed text associated with various types of elements not being exposed (260521@main)
- Fixed invalid summary elements to not be exposed as interactive (260546@main)
- Fixed some inputs not being treated as invalid despite being rendered as such (260544@main)
Web Extensions
- Fixed Content Blocker API ignoring some CSS selectors with uppercase letters (260638@main)
While the preview is intended for use by developers and advanced users, in order to provide Apple with feedback on the development of the Safari browser, it can be run side-by-side with the release version of Safari. The app doesn’t require a developer account to download and install. For more information, visit the Safari Technology Preview website.
