plugins collection
Represents a collection of all installed plugins in the browser.
Note that Internet Explorer supports the plugins collection but it is always empty and there is no way to get the installed plugins in this browser.
Syntax:
Properties that reference the object:
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Related objects:
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The base interface, through which you can add new functionalities to the plugins collection, is the PluginArray interface.
Possible members:
Properties:
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Returns an integer that specifies the number of the installed plugins in the browser.
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Methods:
| [nameOrIndex] |
Returns a plugin object from the current collection by name or index.
Parameters:
Return value:
Returns a plugin object.
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| item (index) |
Returns a plugin object from the current collection by position.
Parameters:
Return value:
Returns a plugin object.
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| namedItem (name) |
Returns a plugin object from the current collection by name.
Parameters:
Return value:
Returns a plugin object.
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| refresh | Refreshes the plugins collection to make the newly installed plugins available. |
Example HTML code 1:
This example illustrates the use of the plugins collection:
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<head> <script type="text/javascript"> function GetPluginsDesc () { var resTable = document.getElementById ("resTable"); if ('plugins' in navigator) { var plugins = navigator.plugins; for (var i=0; i < plugins.length; i++) { resTable.insertRow (i); resTable.rows[i].insertCell (0); resTable.rows[i].cells[0].innerHTML = plugins[i].name; resTable.rows[i].insertCell (1); resTable.rows[i].cells[1].innerHTML = plugins[i].description; } } else { alert ("Your browser doesn't support this property!"); } } </script> </head> <body onload="GetPluginsDesc ()"> Installed plugins in your browser: <table border="1px"> <thead style="font-weight: bold;"> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td>Description</td> </tr> </thead> <tbody id="resTable"> </tbody> </table> </body> |
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