what browser is document.layers sniffing?
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20-09-2019 - |
Question
I am looking at some JS code from the 20th century, and they are using document.layers
in code that is trying to get the current key code. What browser are they sniffing for?
i am about to replace the code with something like this:
var fn = function(event){
event = event || window.event;
var code = event.charCode || event.keyCode;
}
but i am afraid of breaking something arcane and releasing the evil
Solution
document.layers
exists in Netscape 4 and holds all <layer>
and <ilayer>
elements.
It was an early precursor to true DHTML.
For more information, see here. (Ten years old)
OTHER TIPS
Netscape 4 is not able to display any modern web-page due to it's total lack of CSS support - so if you drop the support for this browser then you are not breaking anything that isnt already broken.
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