JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

Name

Plugin — describes an installed plugin

Availability

Netscape 3

Synopsis

navigator.plugins[i]
navigator.plugins['name']

Properties

description

A read-only string that contains a human-readable description of the specified plugin. The text of this description is provided by the creators of the plugin and may contain vendor and version information as well as a brief description of the plugin’s function.

filename

A read-only string that specifies the name of the file on disk that contains the plugin program itself. This name may vary from platform to platform. The name property is more useful than filename for identifying a plugin.

length

Each Plugin object contains MimeType array elements that specify the data formats supported by the plugin. As with all arrays, the length property specifies the number of elements in the array.

name

The name property of a Plugin object is a read-only string that specifies the name of the plugin. Each plugin should have a name that uniquely identifies it. The name of a plugin can be used as an index into the navigator.plugins[] array. You can use this fact to determine easily whether a particular named plugin is installed in the current browser:

var sw_installed = (navigator.plugins["Shockwave"] != null);

Elements

The array elements of the Plugin object are MimeType objects that specify the data formats supported by the plugin.

Description

A plugin is a software module that can be invoked by Netscape to display specialized types of embedded data ...