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Prop Jquery Support

## jQuery.support Property The `jQuery.support` property is a collection of properties that represent different browser features or bugs (user agent capabilities). It is primarily used internally by jQuery to handle cross-browser compatibility issues, but it is also available for developers to perform Feature Detection. --- ## Definition and Usage Instead of relying on user-agent sniffing (checking `navigator.userAgent` to see which browser the user is running), `jQuery.support` uses **feature detection**. This determines whether a specific feature is supported by the current browser, allowing you to write more robust, future-proof code. > **Note:** This property is primarily designed for jQuery's internal use. In modern web development, it is highly recommended to use dedicated feature detection libraries like **Modernizr** for complex feature testing. --- ## Syntax ```javascript jQuery.support.propvalue ``` Or using the `$` alias: ```javascript $.support.propvalue ``` ### Parameters | Parameter | Type | Description | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | `propvalue` | *String* | **Required.** The specific browser feature or bug you want to test. | ### Available Properties (`propvalue`) Below are some of the key properties available in `jQuery.support` (availability may vary depending on the jQuery version): * **`ajax`**: Returns `true` if the browser is capable of creating an `XMLHttpRequest` object. * **`boxModel`**: Returns `true` if the document renders using the W3C CSS Box Model (usually false in IE Quirks Mode). *Deprecated in jQuery 1.8.* * **`changeBubbles`**: Returns `true` if the `change` event bubbles up the DOM tree (as per W3C standards). * **`checkClone`**: Returns `true` if the browser correctly copies the checked state of radio buttons or checkboxes when cloning DOM nodes. * **`checkOn`**: Returns `true` if a checkbox's default value is `"on"` when no value attribute is specified. * **`cors`**: Returns `true` if the browser supports Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) via `XMLHttpRequest`. * **`cssFloat`**: Returns `true` if the style property name for float is `cssFloat` (as per W3C standards). * **`hrefNormalized`**: Returns `true` if the browser leaves the `href` attribute value intact rather than normalizing it to a fully qualified URL. * **`htmlSerialize`**: Returns `true` if the browser is able to serialize HTML elements using the `innerHTML` property (specifically relevant to legacy IE behavior with `` elements). * **`leadingWhitespace`**: Returns `true` if the browser preserves leading whitespace when using `innerHTML`. * **`noCloneChecked`**: Returns `true` if cloned DOM elements do not inherit the checked state of their source elements. * **`noCloneEvent`**: Returns `true` if cloned DOM elements do not clone their associated event handlers. * **`opacity`**: Returns `true` if the browser supports the CSS `opacity` property (legacy IE used `filter` instead). * **`optDisabled`**: Returns `true` if option elements inside a disabled select element are automatically marked as disabled. * **`optSelected`**: Returns `true` if an `