Chrome 157 Puts Real HTML Inside Canvas and Retires the Overlay Hack

The HTML-in-Canvas API, stable in Chrome 157, renders interactive, accessible DOM nodes inside 2D, WebGL, and WebGPU contexts. Here is how the drawable attribute, the paint event, and geometry sync replace the floating-overlay hack, and why Firefox and Safari users still need a fallback.

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Chrome 157 Puts Real HTML Inside Canvas and Retires the Overlay Hack

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