Can JavaFX WebView show webp images?
04:59 30 Nov 2025

I use JavaFX 26-ea+6 on Ubuntu 20.04 and it seems that WebView can't show webp images. This is my code:

public class TestFx extends Application {

    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
        WebView webView = new WebView();
        webView.getEngine().load("https://www.bbc.com");

        Scene scene = new Scene(webView, 800, 600);
        primaryStage.setTitle("BBC Browser");
        primaryStage.setScene(scene);
        primaryStage.show();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }
}

And this is the result:

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but generally images are shown as expected, for example youtube:

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Is this a bug or WebView can't show webp images?

java javafx