Firefox Bug Report: PNG EXIF Orientation Not Supported in image-orientation: from-image CSS Property
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Summary
This is a bug report from Mozilla's Bugzilla tracking system documenting a technical issue where PNG images with EXIF orientation metadata are not properly handled by Firefox's image-orientation: from-image CSS property. The bug was opened 6 years ago and recently closed 6 months ago, categorized as a P3 priority defect in the Core Layout component for Images, Video, and HTML Frames. The issue relates to how Firefox processes PNG file orientation data compared to other image formats like JPEG.
Key quotes
· 6 pulledClosed Bug 1627423
Opened 6 years ago Closed 6 months ago
Categories: (Core :: Layout: Images, Video, and HTML Frames, defect, P3)
Product: Core
Component: Layout: Images, Video, and HTML Frames
RESOLVED (nobody) in Core - Layout: Images, Video, and HTML Frames. Last updated 2025-09-22
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