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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brauzer_m%C3%BCh%C9%99rriki" title="Brauzer mühərriki – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Brauzer mühərriki" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8" title="ব্রাউজার ইঞ্জিন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ব্রাউজার ইঞ্জিন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Рухавік браўзера – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Рухавік браўзера" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_de_renderitzaci%C3%B3" title="Motor de renderització – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Motor de renderització" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renderovac%C3%AD_j%C3%A1dro_prohl%C3%AD%C5%BEe%C4%8De" title="Renderovací jádro prohlížeče – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Renderovací jádro prohlížeče" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layout-motor" title="Layout-motor – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Layout-motor" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML-Renderer" title="HTML-Renderer – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="HTML-Renderer" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_de_renderizado" title="Motor de renderizado – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Motor de renderizado" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesin_peramban" title="Mesin peramban – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Mesin peramban" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motore_di_rendering" title="Motore di rendering – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Motore di rendering" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A2_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%AA_%D7%AA%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%92%D7%94" title="מנוע פריסת תצוגה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" 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data-title="Погон веб-прегледача" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selainmoottori" title="Selainmoottori – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Selainmoottori" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renderingsmotor_f%C3%B6r_webbmaterial" title="Renderingsmotor för webbmaterial – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Renderingsmotor för webbmaterial" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a 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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Core software component of every major web browser</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/JavaScript_engine" title="JavaScript engine">JavaScript engine</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p><p>A <b>browser engine</b> (also known as a <b>layout engine</b> or <b>rendering engine</b>) is a core <a href="/wiki/Software_component" title="Software component">software component</a> of every major <a href="/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browser</a>. The primary job of a browser engine is to transform <a href="/wiki/HTML" title="HTML">HTML</a> documents and other resources of a <a href="/wiki/Web_page" title="Web page">web page</a> into an interactive visual representation on a <a href="/wiki/User_(computing)" title="User (computing)">user</a>'s device. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name_and_scope">Name and scope</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Browser_engine&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name and scope"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Besides "browser <a href="/wiki/Software_engine" title="Software engine">engine</a>", two other related terms are commonly used: "layout engine" and "rendering engine".<sup id="cite_ref-behindscene_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-behindscene-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gecko_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gecko-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goanna_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goanna-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In theory, <a href="/wiki/Layout_(computing)" title="Layout (computing)">layout</a> and <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rendering" class="extiw" title="wikt:rendering">rendering</a> (or "painting") could be handled by different engines. In practice, however, these <a href="/wiki/Software_component" title="Software component">components</a> are tightly <a href="/wiki/Coupling_(computer_programming)" title="Coupling (computer programming)">coupled</a> and rarely encountered on their own outside of the browser engine.<sup id="cite_ref-behindscene_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-behindscene-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-howBlinkWorks_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-howBlinkWorks-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to layout and rendering, a browser engine enforces the <a href="/wiki/Content_Security_Policy" title="Content Security Policy">security policy</a> between documents, handles navigation through <a href="/wiki/Hyperlink" title="Hyperlink">hyperlinks</a> and data submitted through <a href="/wiki/Form_(HTML)" class="mw-redirect" title="Form (HTML)">forms</a>, and implements the <a href="/wiki/Document_Object_Model" title="Document Object Model">document object model</a> (DOM) exposed to <a href="/wiki/Scripting_language" title="Scripting language">scripts</a> associated with the document.<sup id="cite_ref-behindscene_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-behindscene-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-howBlinkWorks_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-howBlinkWorks-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To provide a <a href="/wiki/JavaScript#Examples_of_scripted_behavior" title="JavaScript">wide range</a> of dynamic behavior for <a href="/wiki/Web_page" title="Web page">web pages</a>, every major browser supports <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a>. However, JavaScript is <a href="/wiki/Programming_language_implementation" title="Programming language implementation">implemented</a> as a separate <a href="/wiki/JavaScript_engine" title="JavaScript engine">JavaScript engine</a>, which has enabled its usage <a href="/wiki/JavaScript#Other_usage" title="JavaScript">elsewhere</a>. In a browser, the two engines are coordinated via the DOM and <a href="/wiki/Web_IDL" title="Web IDL">Web IDL</a> bindings.<sup id="cite_ref-howBlinkWorks_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-howBlinkWorks-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Browser engines are also used in non-browser <a href="/wiki/Application_software" title="Application software">applications</a>. An <a href="/wiki/Email_client" title="Email client">email client</a> needs one to display <a href="/wiki/HTML_email" title="HTML email">HTML email</a>. Beginning in the 2010s, many apps have been created with <a href="/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)#Use_in_app_frameworks" title="Chromium (web browser)">the frameworks</a> based on <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)" title="Chromium (web browser)">Chromium</a> project; each of these standalone apps functions much like a <a href="/wiki/Web_application" title="Web application">web app</a>. (Two examples are <a href="/wiki/Spotify" title="Spotify">Spotify</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slack_(software)" title="Slack (software)">Slack</a>.)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Layout_and_rendering">Layout and rendering</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Browser_engine&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Layout and rendering"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Layout_(computing)" title="Layout (computing)">layout</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Web_page" title="Web page">web page</a> is typically specified by <a href="/wiki/CSS" title="CSS">Cascading Style Sheets</a> (CSS). Each style sheet is a series of rules for how the page should be presented. For example, some rules specify <a href="/wiki/Web_typography" title="Web typography">typography</a> details, such as <a href="/wiki/Font" title="Font">font</a>, color, and text size, while others determine the placement of images. The engine combines all relevant CSS rules to calculate precise graphical coordinates for the visual representation it will paint on the screen.<sup id="cite_ref-behindscene_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-behindscene-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-howBlinkWorks_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-howBlinkWorks-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some engines may begin rendering before a page's resources are downloaded. This can result in visual changes as more data is received, such as images being gradually filled in or a <a href="/wiki/Flash_of_unstyled_content" title="Flash of unstyled content">flash of unstyled content</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_engines">Notable engines</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Browser_engine&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notable engines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_browser_engines" title="Comparison of browser engines">Comparison of browser engines</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a> created the <a href="/wiki/WebKit" title="WebKit">WebKit</a> engine for its <a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari</a> browser by <a href="/wiki/Fork_(software_development)" title="Fork (software development)">forking</a> the <a href="/wiki/KHTML" title="KHTML">KHTML</a> engine of the <a href="/wiki/KDE" title="KDE">KDE</a> project.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All browsers for <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a> must use WebKit as their engine.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> originally used WebKit for its <a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome</a> browser but eventually forked it to create the <a href="/wiki/Blink_(browser_engine)" title="Blink (browser engine)">Blink</a> engine.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All <a href="/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)" title="Chromium (web browser)">Chromium</a>-based browsers use Blink, as do <a href="/wiki/Application_software" title="Application software">applications</a> built with <a href="/wiki/Chromium_Embedded_Framework" title="Chromium Embedded Framework">CEF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electron_(software_framework)" title="Electron (software framework)">Electron</a>, or any other <a href="/wiki/Software_framework" title="Software framework">framework</a> that embeds Chromium.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> has two <a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">proprietary</a> engines, <a href="/wiki/Trident_(software)" title="Trident (software)">Trident</a> and <a href="/wiki/EdgeHTML" title="EdgeHTML">EdgeHTML</a>. Trident, also called MSHTML, is used in the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a> browser. EdgeHTML, being a fork of Trident, was the original engine of the <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Edge" title="Microsoft Edge">Edge</a> browser (now called Edge Legacy); it's still found in some <a href="/wiki/Universal_Windows_Platform_apps" title="Universal Windows Platform apps">UWP apps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new, Chromium-based Edge was remade with the Blink engine.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozilla" title="Mozilla">Mozilla</a> develops the <a href="/wiki/Gecko_(software)" title="Gecko (software)">Gecko</a> engine for its <a href="/wiki/Firefox" title="Firefox">Firefox</a> browser and the <a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Thunderbird" title="Mozilla Thunderbird">Thunderbird</a> email client.<sup id="cite_ref-Gecko_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gecko-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development_timelines">Development timelines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Browser_engine&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Development timelines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><small>This figure shows for various browser engines the duration of its active <a href="/wiki/Software_development" title="Software development">development</a>, the period when relevant new <a href="/wiki/Web_standards" title="Web standards">web standards</a> continue to be added to it.</small> </p> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_p5fnoxd13tfvmrtxgy91nph8fruz54p"></map><img usemap="#timeline_p5fnoxd13tfvmrtxgy91nph8fruz54p" 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