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Discover some of the interesting features that have landed in stable and beta web browsers during February 2026.
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Published: February 26, 2026
Stable browser releases
Chrome 145, Firefox 148, and Safari 26.3 released to stable during February. This post takes a look at the many new features this month, with several things becoming Baseline Newly available.
The text-justify CSS property
Chrome 145 adds full support for the text-justify CSS property. This property provides more control over text justification when you use text-align: justify.
Browser Support
145
145
55
x Source
Column wrapping for multicol
Chrome 145 adds support for the column-wrap and column-height CSS properties from Multicol Level 2. This lets columns wrap onto a new row in the block direction, which helps avoid horizontal overflow and provides more flexibility in responsive design.
Learn more in Support for wrapped columns in multi-column layout.
Browser Support
145
145
x
x Source
Customizable listbox mode
Chrome 145 also includes the customizable listbox rendering mode. This renders the select element in-flow or in the page, rather than with a separate button and popup.
The shape() CSS function
Firefox 148 adds the shape() CSS function by default. It lets you define custom shapes in properties like clip-path and offset-path using standard CSS syntax, to create and edit shapes with CSS units and math functions.
Browser Support
135
135
148
18.4 Source
Iterators in JavaScript
Firefox 148 introduces Iterator.zip() and Iterator.zipKeyed(). These static methods return a new iterator that groups input elements at each iteration step across multiple data sources.
Browser Support
x
x
148
x Source
The HTML Sanitizer API
Firefox 148 now supports the HTML Sanitizer API. This lets you safely filter HTML before inserting it into the DOM, which helps reduce the risk of XSS attacks.
Browser Support
146
146
148
x Source
Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC)
Chrome 145 lets websites bind a user's session to their specific device using Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC). This makes it significantly harder to use stolen session cookies on other machines.
Overflow on replaced elements
In Firefox 148,