Browser detection

Question

I need to separate IE and FF browsers from others

it's a pseudo-code :

If (CurrentBrowser == IE(6+) or FF(2+) )
{
...
}
else 
{
...
}

in protected void Page_Load() event (think so)

if ((Request.Browser.Type == "IE") || (Request.Browser.Type == "FF"))
{
    WebMsgBox.Show("1111");
}

no effects :-/ what is IE and FF types?

**Don't browser sniff** and especially don't browser sniff on the server side. You are setting yourself up for breakage with proxy caches unless you include the proper `Vary: User-Agent` header, in which case you are breaking caching in IE. Find a client-side way of doing what you're doing (eg. IE's conditional comments), and prefer to sniff capabilities instead of just the unreliable user-agent name. What is the browser difficulty you are trying to work around with this sniff? — bobince, Feb 08 '10 at 13:46

score 79 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 18 '12 at 21:04

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if (Request.Browser.Type.Contains("Firefox")) // replace with your check
{
    ...
} 
else if (Request.Browser.Type.ToUpper().Contains("IE")) // replace with your check
{
    if (Request.Browser.MajorVersion  < 7)
    { 
        DoSomething(); 
    }
    ...
}
else { }

edited Jun 18 '12 at 21:04

lkaradashkov

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answered Feb 08 '10 at 13:16

Asad

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there is no such parameter "Name" and ... IE and FF is Internet Explorer and Fire Fox ... I don't think it's FF :-S – cnd Feb 08 '10 at 13:34
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doesn't works for mozilla... tried "Mozilla" instead "FF" but that didn't helped me too. – cnd Feb 09 '10 at 05:36
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This is terribly broken as of today. `Request.Browser` returns `Mozilla17` for **Firefox 17**. For **Google Chrome 23** it returns `AppleMAC-Safari`. What a holy mess! – scrat.squirrel Nov 29 '12 at 14:43
You may want to to use request.UserAgent – lnaie Apr 05 '13 at 21:57
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The Type is "InternetExplorer11" for IE11. – crokusek Dec 05 '15 at 01:41

score 27 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 09 '15 at 09:50

Here's a way you can request info about the browser being used, you can use this to do your if statement

System.Web.HttpBrowserCapabilities browser = Request.Browser;
    string s = "Browser Capabilities\n"
        + "Type = "                    + browser.Type + "\n"
        + "Name = "                    + browser.Browser + "\n"
        + "Version = "                 + browser.Version + "\n"
        + "Major Version = "           + browser.MajorVersion + "\n"
        + "Minor Version = "           + browser.MinorVersion + "\n"
        + "Platform = "                + browser.Platform + "\n"
        + "Is Beta = "                 + browser.Beta + "\n"
        + "Is Crawler = "              + browser.Crawler + "\n"
        + "Is AOL = "                  + browser.AOL + "\n"
        + "Is Win16 = "                + browser.Win16 + "\n"
        + "Is Win32 = "                + browser.Win32 + "\n"
        + "Supports Frames = "         + browser.Frames + "\n"
        + "Supports Tables = "         + browser.Tables + "\n"
        + "Supports Cookies = "        + browser.Cookies + "\n"
        + "Supports VBScript = "       + browser.VBScript + "\n"
        + "Supports JavaScript = "     + 
            browser.EcmaScriptVersion.ToString() + "\n"
        + "Supports Java Applets = "   + browser.JavaApplets + "\n"
        + "Supports ActiveX Controls = " + browser.ActiveXControls 
              + "\n";

MSDN Article

Tony-The-Lion: I did not insult you, just stating the facts, and here's the proof. That code does not tell whether you are running Firefox or Chrome. It is only good for IE. The output from the code above is:\n\n IE 9: Type = IE9 Browser = IE FIREFOX 17: Type = Mozilla17 Browser = Mozilla CHROME 23: Type = Desktop Browser = AppleMAC-Safari. Run that code for yourself and see what it will output. I cannot paste the entire output because this edit field allows only a limited number of characters. — scrat.squirrel, Nov 29 '12 at 16:49

score 10 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 24 '18 at 12:52

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Try the below code

HttpRequest req = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request
string browserName = req.Browser.Browser;

answered Feb 24 '18 at 12:52

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 04 '13 at 14:58

    private void BindDataBInfo()
    {
        System.Web.HttpBrowserCapabilities browser = Request.Browser;
        Literal1.Text = "<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"2\">";
        foreach (string key in browser.Capabilities.Keys)
        {
            Literal1.Text += "<tr><td>" + key + "</td><td>" + browser[key] + "</tr>";
        }
        Literal1.Text += "</table>";
        browser = null;
    }

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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I would not advise hacking browser-specific things manually with JS. Either use a javascript library like "prototype" or "jquery", which will handle all the specific issues transparently.

Or use these libs to determine the browser type if you really must.

Also see Browser & version in prototype library?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Feb 08 '10 at 13:11

ron

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why hacking ... ? I just got J code for FF Engine and IE Engine and must to make other stuff for other browsers. – cnd Feb 08 '10 at 13:24
also, not everything that you might need to detect browser will be "fixed" by using jquery / prototype... for example, I have a site that previews files in a repository. MSIE is the only browser that supports previewing XPS files - that's not something that jquery or prototype can fix. – Michael Bray Jun 30 '12 at 00:07

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 02 '21 at 08:59

For browser compatibility you can use this code. This method returns browser name and version :

private string GetBrowserNameWithVersion
{
    var userAgent = Request.UserAgent;
    var browserWithVersion = "";
    if (userAgent.IndexOf("Edge") > -1)
    {
        //Edge
        browserWithVersion = "Edge Browser Version : " + userAgent.Split(new string[] { "Edge/" }, StringSplitOptions.None)[1].Split('.')[0];
    }
    else if (userAgent.IndexOf("Chrome") > -1)
    {
        //Chrome
        browserWithVersion = "Chrome Browser Version : " + userAgent.Split(new string[] { "Chrome/" }, StringSplitOptions.None)[1].Split('.')[0];
    }
    else if (userAgent.IndexOf("Safari") > -1)
    {
        //Safari
        browserWithVersion = "Safari Browser Version : " + userAgent.Split(new string[] { "Safari/" }, StringSplitOptions.None)[1].Split('.')[0];
    }
    else if (userAgent.IndexOf("Firefox") > -1)
    {
        //Firefox
        browserWithVersion = "Firefox Browser Version : " + userAgent.Split(new string[] { "Firefox/" }, StringSplitOptions.None)[1].Split('.')[0];
    }
    else if (userAgent.IndexOf("rv") > -1)
    {
            //IE11
        browserWithVersion = "Internet Explorer Browser Version : " + userAgent.Split(new string[] { "rv:" }, StringSplitOptions.None)[1].Split('.')[0];
    }
    else if (userAgent.IndexOf("MSIE") > -1)
    {
        //IE6-10
        browserWithVersion = "Internet Explorer Browser  Version : " + userAgent.Split(new string[] { "MSIE" }, StringSplitOptions.None)[1].Split('.')[0];
    }
    else if (userAgent.IndexOf("Other") > -1)
    {
        //Other
        browserWithVersion = "Other Browser Version : " + userAgent.Split(new string[] { "Other" }, StringSplitOptions.None)[1].Split('.')[0];
    }

    return browserWithVersion;
}

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 05 '21 at 17:38

I tried and found the solution for the same

        public static string GetBrowserDetails()
        {
          string  BrowserDetails = HttpContext.Current.Request.Browser.Browser + " - " + HttpContext.Current.Request.Browser.Version + ";  Operating System : " + HttpContext.Current.Request.Browser.Platform;
          return BrowserDetails;
        }

OUTPUT : 
Chrome - 88.0; Operating System : WinNT

score -3 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 08 '10 at 13:12

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use from

Request.Browser

this link will help you :

Detect the browser using ASP.NET and C#

answered Feb 08 '10 at 13:12

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this doesn't help, the link provided contains code copied from MSDN, which is not helpful. – scrat.squirrel Nov 29 '12 at 14:47

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