DHTML Collections

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Netscape Navigator^® 3 up only.

Returns a reference to the collection of all Multipart Internet Mail Extension ( MIME ) types supported by the browser.

[ collMimeTypes = ] navigator.mimeTypes

[ oObject = ] navigator.mimeTypes ( iIndex )

collMimeTypes	Reference to an array of elements contained by the object.
oObject	Reference to an individual item in the array of elements contained by the object.
iIndex	Integer indicating the item to be returned.

mimeTypes is an array of all MIME types supported by the client, either internally, via helper applications, or by plug-ins. Each element of the array is a mimeType object, which has properties for its type, description, file extensions, and enabled plug-ins.

For example, the following table summarizes the values for displaying JPEG images.

Expression	Value
navigator.mimeTypes [ "image/jpeg" ].type	image/jpeg
navigator.mimeTypes [ "image/jpeg" ].description	JPEG Image
navigator.mimeTypes [ "image/jpeg" ].suffixes	jpeg, jpg, jpe, jfif, pjpeg, pjp
navigator.mimeTypes [ "image/jpeg" ].enabledPlugin	null

This property returns an empty collection for Internet Explorer^®.

The following script checks to see whether the client is capable of displaying QuickTime movies.

var mType = navigator.mimeTypes [ "video/quicktime" ] ;
if ( mType )
  document.write ( "Click here to see a " + mType.description )
else
  document.write ( "Too bad, can't show you any movies." ) 

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