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Revision 750061 of Plugin

  • Revision slug: Web/API/Plugin
  • Revision title: Plugin
  • Revision id: 750061
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  • Creator: teoli
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{{ApiRef("HTML DOM")}}

The Plugin interface provides information about a browser plugin.

Properties

Name Description Return Type Availability
{{domxref("Plugin.description")}} A human readable description of the plugin. Read only. {{domxref("DOMString")}} DOM 0
{{domxref("Plugin.filename")}} The filename of the plugin file. Read only. {{domxref("DOMString")}} DOM 0
{{domxref("Plugin.name")}} The name of the plugin. Read only. {{domxref("DOMString")}} DOM 0
{{domxref("Plugin.version")}} The plugin's version number string. Read only. {{domxref("DOMString")}} Gecko browsers only (Firefox 4+)

Methods

{{domxref("Plugin.item")}}
Returns the MIME type of a supported content type, given the index number into a list of supported types.
{{domxref("Plugin.namedItem")}}
Returns the MIME type of a supported item.

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<div>{{ApiRef("HTML DOM")}}</div>

<p>The <code>Plugin</code> interface provides information about a browser plugin.</p>

<h2 id="Properties" name="Properties">Properties</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Name</th>
   <th>Description</th>
   <th>Return Type</th>
   <th>Availability</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{domxref("Plugin.description")}}</td>
   <td>A human readable description of the plugin. <strong>Read only.</strong></td>
   <td>{{domxref("DOMString")}}</td>
   <td>DOM&nbsp;0</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{domxref("Plugin.filename")}}</td>
   <td>The filename of the plugin file. <strong>Read only.</strong></td>
   <td>{{domxref("DOMString")}}</td>
   <td>DOM&nbsp;0</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{domxref("Plugin.name")}}</td>
   <td>The name of the plugin. <strong>Read only.</strong></td>
   <td>{{domxref("DOMString")}}</td>
   <td>DOM&nbsp;0</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{domxref("Plugin.version")}}</td>
   <td>The plugin's version number string. <strong>Read only.</strong></td>
   <td>{{domxref("DOMString")}}</td>
   <td>Gecko browsers only (Firefox 4+)</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Methods" name="Methods">Methods</h2>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("Plugin.item")}}</dt>
 <dd>Returns the MIME&nbsp;type of a supported content type, given the index number into a list of supported types.</dd>
 <dt>{{domxref("Plugin.namedItem")}}</dt>
 <dd>Returns the MIME&nbsp;type of a supported item.</dd>
</dl>
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