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Use YAHOO.env.ua to identify the user's browser and to branch JavaScript logic based on what browser is being used.

 


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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>


    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>User Agent Detection</title>

<style type="text/css">
/*margin and padding on body element
  can introduce errors in determining
  element position and are not recommended;
  we turn them off as a foundation for YUI
  CSS treatments. */
body {
  margin:0;
  padding:0;
}
</style>

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="yui_2.7.0b-lib/fonts/fonts-min.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="yui_2.7.0b-lib/yahoo-dom-event/yahoo-dom-event.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="yui_2.7.0b-lib/dragdrop/dragdrop-min.js"></script>


<!--begin custom header content for this example-->
<style type="text/css">
    #dd1,#dd2 {
        position: relative;
        margin: 1em 1em 0;
        width: 175px;
        float: left;
        cursor: move;
    }

    #demo p {
        position: relative;
        padding: 1em;
        height: 100%;
        margin: 0;
        font-weight: bold;
        text-align: center;
        z-index: 20;
    }

    #dd1 p {
        border: 10px solid #ccc;
        background-color: #eee;
    }

    #dd2 p {
        border: 10px solid #e76300;
        background-color: #fff5df;
    }

    #demo .shim {
        position: absolute;
        top: 0;
        left: 0;
        width: 100%;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        border: 0;
        z-index: 10;
    }
</style>

<!--end custom header content for this example-->

</head>

<body class=" yui-skin-sam">


<h1>User Agent Detection</h1>

<div class="exampleIntro">
  <p>This example demonstrates the use of <code>YAHOO.env.ua</code> to identify the user's browser and to branch JavaScript logic based on what browser is being used.  (<strong>Note:</strong> We strongly recommend using feature detection rather than user-agent sniffing to fork code; only use this technique where it is absolutely necessary to do so &mdash; for example, in cases where browsers do not report their own capabilities accurately.)</p>
      
</div>

<!--BEGIN SOURCE CODE FOR EXAMPLE  -->

<div id="demo">

    <select name="foo">
        <option value="NONE" selected="selected">This is a very long select element for the example</option>
        <option value="1">Apple</option>
        <option value="2">Rutabaga</option>
        <option value="3">Motor oil</option>
    </select>

    <hr>
    <div id="dd1">
        <p>
            NO IFRAME<br>
            Drag over the select
        </p>
    </div>

    <div id="dd2">
        <p>
            IFRAME<br>
            Drag over the select
        </p>
    </div>

</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
YAHOO.util.Event.onDOMReady(function () {
    var dd1 = new YAHOO.util.DD('dd1');
    var dd2 = new YAHOO.util.DD('dd2');

    dd1.startDrag = function (x,y) {
        YAHOO.log("Drag started for element with no protection from the display bug", "info", "example");
    }

    if (YAHOO.env.ua.ie > 5 && YAHOO.env.ua.ie < 7) {

        // Create an iframe shim
        var shim = document.createElement('iframe');
        shim.src = 'about:blank';
        shim.className = 'shim';

        // Add the shim to the dragging element on the first startDrag
        dd2.startDrag = function (x,y) {
            var d = this.getEl();

            if (d.firstChild !== shim) {
                YAHOO.util.Dom.setStyle(shim, 'height',d.offsetHeight);
                d.insertBefore(shim, d.firstChild);

                YAHOO.log("Your browser is IE " + YAHOO.env.ua.ie + ".  Shim added.", "info","example");

            } else {
                YAHOO.log("Your browser is IE " + YAHOO.env.ua.ie + ", but the shim was already added", "info","example");
            }
        }

    } else { // Not shim worthy

        dd2.startDrag = function (x,y) {
            YAHOO.log("Your browser is NOT IE.  No shim added.", "info", "example");
        }
    }
});
</script>

<!--END SOURCE CODE FOR EXAMPLE  -->

</body>
</html>
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