DHTML Collections

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Netscape Navigator^® 3 up only.

Returns a reference to the collection of all plug-ins currently installed on the user's browser.

[ collPlugins = ] navigator.plugins

[ oObject = ] navigator.plugins ( iIndex )

collPlugins	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.

plugins is an array of all plug-ins currently installed on the client. Each element of the array is a plugin object, which has properties for its name, file name, and description as well as an array of mimeType objects for the MIME types supported by that plug-in. The user can obtain a list of installed plug-ins by choosing About Plug-ins from the Help menu.

For example, the following table summarizes the values for the LiveAudio plug-in.

Expression	Value
navigator.plugins [ 'LiveAudio' ].name	LiveAudio
navigator.plugins [ 'LiveAudio' ].description	LiveAudio - Netscape Navigator sound playing component
navigator.plugins [ 'LiveAudio' ].filename	d:\nettools\netscape\nav30\Program\plugins\NPAUDIO.DLL
navigator.plugins [ 'LiveAudio' ].length	7

The collection is an alias for the embeds collection on the document. This property retrieves an empty collection in Internet Explorer^®.

navigator