Get Current Browser Name using Jquery code

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Actually, When I am using navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(), I get output like this :

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/49.0.2623.110 Safari/537.36

I don't want this output. But I want to get only current browser name on which I am browsing and get browser name using Jquery. Is there any function to get only current browser name instead of getting all browser names. And, I get output "Chrome" when I am browsing on Google Chrome browser and, Firefox when I am browsing using Firefox Browser. Thanks in advance.

May i ask why would you need to know the current browser name? Usually, browser detecting is bad idea — A. Wolff, Apr 11 '16 at 11:25
Actually I want to show mp4 on firefox which is not work but i have equivalent gif images so When page opens at chrome i will show mp4 and when the same page opens in firefox i will show gif image which is actually converted from the mp4. — Saurabh Aren, Apr 11 '16 at 11:28
So you are looking for feature detection instead because anyway in the future FF could support mp4 format). See maybe http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3572113/how-to-check-if-the-browser-can-play-mp4-via-html5-video-tag — A. Wolff, Apr 11 '16 at 11:29
Actually, I have tested that above code give by you but is always gives the output true — Saurabh Aren, Apr 11 '16 at 11:36
Already has solution on Stack overflow [click here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19352522/how-can-i-detect-browser-type-using-jquery) — Himanshu Sharma, Mar 21 '17 at 09:33

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 15 '16 at 11:16

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Try with this:

Object.keys(jQuery.browser)[0]

Before you used this you must be load this jquery

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-migrate-1.3.0.js"></script>

because jQuery.browser Will not work in jQuery 1.9 or later unless the jQuery Migrate plugin is included.

edited Apr 15 '16 at 11:16

Bhavesh Odedra

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answered Apr 11 '16 at 11:57

Pravin Tukadiya

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This works for chrome and firefox only but when this code runs on opera then it will give result chrome – Saurabh Aren Apr 11 '16 at 12:05
It works for all browsers except opera. In opera, output is chrome. – Saurabh Aren Apr 12 '16 at 10:13
Can I know that particular mp4 is playable or not in browser using javascript or jqyery – Saurabh Aren Apr 12 '16 at 10:21
Please check this for opera :http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1998293/how-to-determine-the-opera-browser-using-javascript – Pravin Tukadiya Apr 12 '16 at 12:06

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 11 '16 at 11:31

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You can search for browser like this:

// Check for Chrome
  if ($.browser.chrome) {
    alert("This is Chrome!");
  }
// Check for IE
  else if($.browser.msie)){
    alert("This is Internet Explorer!");
  }
// Check for Safari
  else if($.browser.safari)){
    alert("This is Safari!");
  }

answered Apr 11 '16 at 11:31

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No for jq **before** 1.9 – A. Wolff Apr 11 '16 at 11:33
I am still on the same starting point I don't get any kind of clue. Actually I want single browser name which is in currently use instead of browser list. – Saurabh Aren Apr 11 '16 at 11:40
why not using javascript, it is very easy in javascript. – Sumanta736 Apr 11 '16 at 11:50
so tell me in js or in jquery there is no problem I need a solution for that – Saurabh Aren Apr 11 '16 at 11:53
If I added the code for opera in above code like this : if ($.browser.opera) { alert("This is Opera!"); } Then, I also get output chrome instead of opera – Saurabh Aren Apr 12 '16 at 10:18

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