CSS Paint API (Houdini)

CSS Paint API defines a new callback which is designed to allow developers to write code which produces a CSS <image> during the paint phase of the rendering engine.

Demo

• https://github.com/GoogleChrome/houdini-samples/tree/master/paint-worklet

Documentation

• https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/01/paintapi

Specification

Working draft or equivalent

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>Paint

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 65
• Chrome for Android release 65

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: In development
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: Positive

Owners

• xidachen@chromium.org
• ikilpatrick@chromium.org

Last updated on 2018-03-28