Why IE 11 could not able to check browser cookie enabled or disabled

Question

Why IE 11 could not able to check browser cookie enabled or disabled by using below script?

var browser_cookie = navigator.cookieEnabled;

Is there any way to find out the IE browser cookie is enabled or disabled in settings. I just want to find out in java script

Please help to resolve.

Thanks in advance,

Don't tag javascript stuff as java. java is not javascript – khelwood Jan 19 '17 at 13:37 — khelwood, Jan 19 '17 at 13:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

It works for me though.

But if you want a better way to detect whether cookie is enabled, you can try this, code from:

How to detect that JavaScript and/or Cookies are disabled?

function checkCookie(){
    var cookieEnabled = navigator.cookieEnabled;
    if (!cookieEnabled){ 
        document.cookie = "testcookie";
        cookieEnabled = document.cookie.indexOf("testcookie")!=-1;
    }
    return cookieEnabled || showCookieFail();
}

function showCookieFail(){
  // do something here
}


// within a window load,dom ready or something like that place your:
checkCookie();

Why IE 11 could not able to check browser cookie enabled or disabled

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