Detact if javascript is enabled without using javascript? :)

[jdbolt]

Hi,

I was wondering if there was a way to detect if javascript is enabled and if not, display a message, no matter how simple, just a message somewhere.

I dont want to have a message telling the user javascript is required, just want to tell them it is when its not enabled.

Is this even possible?

 

[cLFlaVA]

use the [tt]<noscript></noscript>[/tt] tags.

<script type="text/javascript">document.write("javascript enabled");</script>
<noscript>no javascript enabled</noscript>

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[jdbolt]

Cool, is there a way to hide content is script is enabled?

<noscript>no javascript enabled</noscript>
<scriptenabled>
rest od document
</scriptenabled>

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Yes - hide its container programatically using CSS. For example, if the content you want to hide has a container with an ID of "myContainer", this would work:

document.getElementById('myContainer').style.display = 'none';

or, better still, to remove the content from the page altogether:

var objToRemove = document.getElementById('myContainer');
objToRemove.parentNode.removeChild(objToRemove);

Hope this helps,
Dan

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[jdbolt]

I didnt mean hide the <noscript> tag, I meant hide the rest of the page if javascript is not present

Thanks!

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

The only way would be to have the content hidden by default, and then shown if JS is enabled - bt that's really sucky, and I wouldn't advise you do this.

Dan


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