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[css-animations-1] Interaction of display:none parent with svg:use.

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Description

Should CSS animations be canceled/not started on an element with a display:none ancestor which is made visible through a svg:use element. Currently Chrome will cancel animations if in this case while Firefox will continue/start animations as long as the element is visible.

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Research direction

Begin with the linked CodePen test case and reproduce the behavior in Chrome and Firefox. Read the issue's CSS Animations context to determine whether an animation should be canceled or started when visibility comes through svg:use; done means resolving the interoperability question in the specification.

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Assessment

Tech stack
css
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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