add foreign namespace to preserve attribute case and skip HTML-spec…

…ific a11y validations (#5652)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
 * Allow multiple instances of the same action on an element ([#5516](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/5516))
+* Support `foreign` namespace, which disables certain HTML5-specific behaviour and checks ([#5652](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/5652))
 * Support inline comment sourcemaps in code from preprocessors ([#5854](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/5854))
 
 ## 3.31.2

site/content/docs/02-template-syntax.md

@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ The `<svelte:options>` element provides a place to specify per-component compile
 * `immutable={false}` — the default. Svelte will be more conservative about whether or not mutable objects have changed
 * `accessors={true}` — adds getters and setters for the component's props
 * `accessors={false}` — the default
-* `namespace="..."` — the namespace where this component will be used, most commonly "svg"
+* `namespace="..."` — the namespace where this component will be used, most commonly "svg"; use the "foreign" namespace to opt out of case-insensitive attribute names and HTML-specific warnings
 * `tag="..."` — the name to use when compiling this component as a custom element
 
 ```sv

site/content/docs/04-compile-time.md

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ The following options can be passed to the compiler. None are required:
 | `outputFilename` | `null` | A `string` used for your JavaScript sourcemap.
 | `cssOutputFilename` | `null` | A `string` used for your CSS sourcemap.
 | `sveltePath` | `"svelte"` | The location of the `svelte` package. Any imports from `svelte` or `svelte/[module]` will be modified accordingly.
-
+| `namespace` | `"html"` | The namespace of the element; e.g., `"mathml"`, `"svg"`, `"foreign"`.
 
 ---
 

src/compiler/compile/Component.ts

@@ -1349,7 +1349,8 @@ function process_component_options(component: Component, nodes) {
 			'accessors' in component.compile_options
 				? component.compile_options.accessors
 				: !!component.compile_options.customElement,
-		preserveWhitespace: !!component.compile_options.preserveWhitespace
+		preserveWhitespace: !!component.compile_options.preserveWhitespace,
+		namespace: component.compile_options.namespace
 	};
 
 	const node = nodes.find(node => node.name === 'svelte:options');

src/compiler/compile/index.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { CompileOptions, Warning } from '../interfaces';
 import Component from './Component';
 import fuzzymatch from '../utils/fuzzymatch';
 import get_name_from_filename from './utils/get_name_from_filename';
+import { valid_namespaces } from '../utils/namespaces';
 
 const valid_options = [
 	'format',
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ const valid_options = [
 	'hydratable',
 	'legacy',
 	'customElement',
+	'namespace',
 	'tag',
 	'css',
 	'loopGuardTimeout',
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ const valid_options = [
 ];
 
 function validate_options(options: CompileOptions, warnings: Warning[]) {
-	const { name, filename, loopGuardTimeout, dev } = options;
+	const { name, filename, loopGuardTimeout, dev, namespace } = options;
 
 	Object.keys(options).forEach(key => {
 		if (!valid_options.includes(key)) {
@@ -65,6 +67,15 @@ function validate_options(options: CompileOptions, warnings: Warning[]) {
 			toString: () => message
 		});
 	}
+
+	if (namespace && valid_namespaces.indexOf(namespace) === -1) {
+		const match = fuzzymatch(namespace, valid_namespaces);
+		if (match) {
+			throw new Error(`Invalid namespace '${namespace}' (did you mean '${match}'?)`);
+		} else {
+			throw new Error(`Invalid namespace '${namespace}'`);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 export default function compile(source: string, options: CompileOptions = {}) {