In this blog I am going to explain how to detect browser information using java script such as browser name, browser version, whether cookies are enabled or not in a browser, platform etc.
Create a table that display’s the browser information:
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<span>Browser Name:</span>
</td>
<td>
<label id="appName">
</label>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<span>Browser Version:</span>
</td>
<td>
<label id="appVersion">
</label>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<span>Cookies Enabled:</span>
</td>
<td>
<label id="cookieEnabled">
</label>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<span>Platform:</span>
</td>
<td>
<label id="platform">
</label>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<span>User-agent header</span>
</td>
<td>
<label id="userAgent">
</label>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<input type="button" value="Check Browser Information" onclick="getBrowserInfo()" /> </td>
</tr>
</table>
After creating the layout, call the java script function as shown below:
<script type="text/javascript">
function getBrowserInfo() {
document.getElementById("appName").innerHTML = navigator.appName;
document.getElementById("appVersion").innerHTML = navigator.appVersion; document.getElementById("cookieEnabled").innerHTML = navigator.cookieEnabled; document.getElementById("platform").innerHTML = navigator.platform; document.getElementById("userAgent").innerHTML = navigator.userAgent;
}
</script>
After creating the above you can easily detect the browser information.
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