css.properties.white-space - No support in Chrome on SVG elements

[Danielmlubin]

What type of issue is this?

Missing compatibility data

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

white-space doesn't seem to work with chrome

What browsers does this problem apply to, if applicable?

No response

What did you expect to see?

line breaks

Did you test this? If so, how?

no line breaks visible

Can you link to any release notes, bugs, pull requests, or MDN pages related to this?

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/white-space#multiple_lines_in_svg_text_element:~:text=Result-,Play,-Specifications

Do you have anything more you want to share?

No response

MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/white-space

MDN metadata

MDN page report details

• Query: css.properties.white-space
• Report started: 2025-06-17T07:41:51.241Z

[caugner]

Chrome and Safari don't support the white-space CSS property on SVG elements yet, as already covered by the BCD table.

But while we're here, we could probably add impl_urls in the following places:

• Chrome: bug 40362378 https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/a7a0e3754b87d53dd54458a056a67d350c5717b4/css/properties/white-space.json#L354-L356
• Safari: bug 293213 https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/a7a0e3754b87d53dd54458a056a67d350c5717b4/css/properties/white-space.json#L372-L374

@Danielmlubin Would you like to open a PR with these changes? 🙏