I am creating a widget that I would like to go fullscreen once a button is clicked. I have implemented the fullscreen API and it works like a charm on all browsers. However, I am creating this widget to work as a interactive kiosk on iPads only. I have the freedom to use whatever browser that works best, but I can not get the fullscreen functionality to work on my iPad. Have tried multiple different options but to no suffice... I have the following code that works on normal desktop browsers:
var element = document.getElementById('element');
var fullscreenButton = document.getElementById('fullscreenButton');
fullscreenButton.addEventListener('click', function(){
if(element.requestFullscreen){
element.requestFullscreen();
}else if(element.webkitRequestFullscreen){
element.webkitRequestFullscreen();
}else if(element.mozRequestFullScreen){
element.mozRequestFullScreen();
}else if(element.msRequestFullscreen){
element.msRequestFullscreen();
} else{
element.webkitEnterFullscreen();
}
});
Is there any way possible for me to create an application (which is basically a slideshow) to enter fullscreen on iPads, in any way possible? Thanks in advance for all tips/help.
It seems that Safari for IOS does not support Full screen: http://caniuse.com/#search=full%20screen
As far as I know Chrome for IOS is based on Safari so, if Safari doesn't support Full screen, Chrome will not support it.
Check this link for more details (they suggest some solutions, but not very good): https://forum.playcanvas.com/t/struggling-to-run-in-full-screen-mode-ios-chrome/2008
I want to use an iFrame to demo a mobile device.
the thing is that the site I want to demo is http://m.domin.com/ and available only on true mobile device.
Is there any way to force the iFrame to be fake mobile device?
Thanks, Mosh
Not quite sure I understand the question, or what you are trying to do here, so I'll try to answer as best I can.
Why are you creating a mobile specific site? With the state of HTML5 today, there is literally no need for creating a mobile specific site. To test simply open up Google Chrome, open up dev tools, and change your device to an number of mobile devices they let you test virtually.
Alternatively you can use user-agent-switcher if that's your thing. To do this in an iframe you would edit the user.agent for the iframe like so:
navigator.__defineGetter__('userAgent', function(){
return 'foo' // customized user agent
});
navigator.userAgent; // 'foo'
It's apparently pretty finicky in some browsers though according to this previous related answer.
I am trying to detect the chrome and safari browser using jquery or javascript.
I thought we are not supposed to use jQuery.browser. Are there any suggestions here? Thanks a lot!
If you dont want to use $.browser, take a look at case 1, otherwise maybe case 2 and 3 can help you just to get informed because it is not recommended to use $.browser (the user agent can be spoofed using this). An alternative can be using jQuery.support that will detect feature support and not agent info.
But...
If you insist on getting browser type (just Chrome or Safari) but not using $.browser, case 1 is what you looking for...
This fits your requirement:
Case 1: (No jQuery and no $.browser, just javascript)
Live Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/oscarj24/DJ349/
var isChrome = /Chrome/.test(navigator.userAgent) && /Google Inc/.test(navigator.vendor);
var isSafari = /Safari/.test(navigator.userAgent) && /Apple Computer/.test(navigator.vendor);
if (isChrome) alert("You are using Chrome!");
if (isSafari) alert("You are using Safari!");
These cases I used in times before and worked well but they are not recommended...
Case 2: (Using jQuery and $.browser, this one is tricky)
Live Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/oscarj24/gNENk/
$(document).ready(function(){
/* Get browser */
$.browser.chrome = /chrome/.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase());
/* Detect Chrome */
if($.browser.chrome){
/* Do something for Chrome at this point */
/* Finally, if it is Chrome then jQuery thinks it's
Safari so we have to tell it isn't */
$.browser.safari = false;
}
/* Detect Safari */
if($.browser.safari){
/* Do something for Safari */
}
});
Case 3: (Using jQuery and $.browser, "elegant" solution)
Live Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/oscarj24/uJuEU/
$.browser.chrome = $.browser.webkit && !!window.chrome;
$.browser.safari = $.browser.webkit && !window.chrome;
if ($.browser.chrome) alert("You are using Chrome!");
if ($.browser.safari) alert("You are using Safari!");
Most of the answers here are obsolete, there is no more jQuery.browser, and why would anyone even use jQuery or would sniff the User Agent is beyond me.
Instead of detecting a browser, you should rather detect a feature (whether it's supported or not).
The following is false in Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge; it is true in Google Chrome.
"webkitLineBreak" in document.documentElement.style
Note this is not future-proof. A browser could implement the -webkit-line-break property at any time in the future, thus resulting in false detection.
Then you can just look at the document object in Chrome and pick anything with webkit prefix and check for that to be missing in other browsers.
Instead of detecting a browser, you should rather detect a feature (whether it's supported or not). This is what Modernizr does.
Of course there are cases where you still need to check the browser because you need to work around an issue and not to detect a feature. Specific WebKit check which does not use jQuery $.browser:
var isWebKit = !!window.webkitURL;
As some of the comments suggested the above approach doesn't work for older Safari versions. Updating with another approach suggested in comments and by another answer:
var isWebKit = 'WebkitAppearance' in document.documentElement.style;
There is still quirks and inconsistencies in 2019.
For example with scaled SVG and pointer events, between browsers.
None of the answer of this topic are working any more. (maybe those with jQuery)
Here is an alternative, by testing with JavaScript if a CSS rule is supported, via the native CSS support api. Might evolve, to be adapted!
Note that it's possible to pass many CSS rules separated by a semicolon, for the finest detection.
if (CSS.supports("( -webkit-box-reflect:unset )")){
console.log("WEBKIT BROWSER")
// More math...
} else {
console.log("ENJOY")
}
if (CSS.supports("( -moz-user-select:unset )")){
console.log("FIREFOX!!!")
}
Beware to not use it in loops, for performance it's better to populate a constant on load:
const ff = CSS.supports("( -moz-user-select:unset )")
if (ff){ //... }
Using CSS only, the above would be:
#supports (-webkit-box-reflect:unset) {
div {
background: red
}
}
#supports (-moz-user-select:unset) {
div {
background: green
}
}
<div>
Hello world!!
</div>
List of possible -webkit- only css rules.
List of possible -moz- only rules.
Can I use css support?
/WebKit/.test(navigator.userAgent) — that's it.
I am trying to detect the chrome and safari browser using jquery or javascript.
Use jQuery.browser
I thought we are not supposed to use jQuery.browser.
That's because detecting browsers is a bad idea. It is still the best way to detect the browser (when jQuery is involved) if you really intend to do that.
you can use this minified jQuery snippet to detect if your user is viewing using a mobile device. If you need to test for a specific device I’ve included a collection of JavaScript snippets below which can be used to detect various mobile handheld devices such as iPad, iPhone, iPod, iDevice, Andriod, Blackberry, WebOs and Windows Phone.
/**
* jQuery.browser.mobile (http://detectmobilebrowser.com/)
* jQuery.browser.mobile will be true if the browser is a mobile device
**/
(function(a){jQuery.browser.mobile=/android.+mobile|avantgo|bada/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)/|plucker|pocket|psp|symbian|treo|up.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows (ce|phone)|xda|xiino/i.test(a)||/1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw-(n|u)|c55/|capi|ccwa|cdm-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf-5|g-mo|go(.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd-(m|p|t)|hei-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs-c|ht(c(-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |-|/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |/)|klon|kpt |kwc-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg( g|/(k|l|u)|50|54|e-|e/|-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1-w|m3ga|m50/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m-cr|me(di|rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(-| |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt-g|qa-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|-[2-7]|i-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h-|oo|p-)|sdk/|se(c(-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh-|shar|sie(-|m)|sk-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h-|v-|v )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl-|tdg-|tel(i|m)|tim-|t-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m-|m3|m5)|tx-9|up(.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(-| )|webc|whit|wi(g |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|xda(-|2|g)|yas-|your|zeto|zte-/i.test(a.substr(0,4))})(navigator.userAgent||navigator.vendor||window.opera);
Example Usage:
if(jQuery.browser.mobile)
{
console.log(‘You are using a mobile device!’);
}
else
{
console.log(‘You are not using a mobile device!’);
}
Detect iPad
var isiPad = /ipad/i.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase());
if (isiPad)
{
…
}
Detect iPhone
var isiPhone = /iphone/i.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase());
if (isiPhone)
{
…
}
Detect iPod
var isiPod = /ipod/i.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase());
if (isiPod)
{
…
}
Detect iDevice
var isiDevice = /ipad|iphone|ipod/i.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase());
if (isiDevice)
{
…
}
Detect Andriod
var isAndroid = /android/i.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase());
if (isAndroid)
{
…
}
Detect Blackberry
var isBlackBerry = /blackberry/i.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase());
if (isBlackBerry)
{
…
}
Detect WebOs
var isWebOS = /webos/i.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase());
if (isWebOS)
{
…
}
Detect Windows Phone
var isWindowsPhone = /windows phone/i.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase());
if (isWindowsPhone)
{
…
}
Many answers here. Here is my first consideration.
Without JavaScript, including the possibility Javascript is initially disabled by the user in his browser for security purposes, to be white listed by the user if the user trusts the site, DOM will not be usable because Javascript is off.
Programmatically, you are left with a backend server-side or frontend client-side consideration.
With the backend, you can use common denominator HTTP "User-Agent" request header and/or any possible proprietary HTTP request header issued by the browser to output browser specific HTML stuff.
With the client site, you may want to enforce Javascript to allow you to use DOM. If so, then you probably will want to first use the following in your HTML page:
<noscript>This site requires Javascript. Please turn on Javascript.</noscript>
While we are heading to a day with every web coder will be dependent on Javascript in some way (or not), today, to presume every user has javascript enabled would be design and product development QA mistake.
I've seen far too may sites who end up with a blank page or the site breaks down because it presumed every user has javascript enabled. No. For security purposes, they may have Javascript initially off and some browsers, like Chrome, will allow the user to white list the web site on a domain by domain basis. Edge is the only browser I am aware of where Microsoft made the decision to completely disable the user's ability to turn off Javascript. Edge doesn't offer a white listing concept hence it is one reason I don't personally use Edge.
Using the tag is a simple way to inform the user your site won't work without Javascript. Once the user turns it on and refreshes/reload the page, DOM is now available to use the techniques cited by the thread replies to detect chrome vs safari.
Ironically, I got here because I was updating by platform and google the same basic question; chrome vs sarafi. I didn't know Chrome creates a DOM object named "chrome" which is really all you need to detect "chrome" vs everything else.
var isChrome = typeof(chrome) === "object";
If true, you got Chrome, if false, you got some other browser.
Check to see if Safari create its own DOM object as well, if so, get the object name and do the same thing, for example:
var isSafari = (typeof(safari) === "object");
Hope these tips help.
jQuery provides that:
if ($.browser.webkit){
...
}
Further reading at http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.browser/
Update
As noted in other answers/comments, it's always better to check for feature support than agent info. jQuery also provides an object for that: jQuery.support. Check the documentation to see the detailed list features to check for.
Some #font-face fonts don't play nice with non-cleartype settings (gets really choppy on the edges)
Is there a way to detect this via javascript so that I can do a modernizr-style class addition to the body if cleartype is off so I can use this in my CSS
In IE 6+ you can check the screen.fontSmoothingEnabled property. Otherwise you need to use an html 5 canvas to check for this.
Details here.
If there's a better way I am all for it. But I wanna detect a smartphone user on my site.
Whether they be a webOS, Android, or iPhone OS phone. I have a flash video on my site, but when I detect a smartphone users I want it to be a HTML5 video on the site instead.
You could try using this js library: http://videojs.com/
Here is a link to a javascript fix that I used in a similar situation. It not so much detects devices such as smart phones, rather detects whether the user has is able to view flash or not, displaying flash content first and falling back with whatever you specify if flash is not installed.
http://www.featureblend.com/javascript-flash-detection-library.html
Really simple to use and it played nicely with jQuery when I used it.
-Paul