jQuery Client/ Class: client

Get an object containing information about the client.

The resulting client object will be in the following format:

{
    'name': 'firefox',
    'layout': 'gecko',
    'layoutVersion': 20101026,
    'platform': 'linux'
    'version': '3.5.1',
    'versionBase': '3',
    'versionNumber': 3.5,
}

Recognised browser names:

• android (legacy Android browser, prior to Chrome Mobile)
• chrome (includes Chrome Mobile, Microsoft Edge, Opera, and others)
• crios (Chrome on iOS, which uses Mobile Safari)
• edge (legacy Microsoft Edge, which uses EdgeHTML)
• firefox (includes Firefox Mobile, Iceweasel, and others)
• fxios (Firefox on iOS, which uses Mobile Safari)
• konqueror
• msie
• opera (legacy Opera, which uses Presto)
• rekonq
• safari (including Mobile Safari)
• silk

Recognised layout engines:

• edge (EdgeHTML 12-18, as used by legacy Microsoft Edge)
• gecko
• khtml
• presto
• trident
• webkit

Note that Chrome and Chromium-based browsers like Opera have their layout engine identified as webkit.

Recognised platforms:

• ipad
• iphone
• linux
• mac
• solaris (untested)
• win

Example:

if ( $.client.profile().layout == 'gecko' ) {
    // This will only run in Gecko browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox.
}

var profile = $.client.profile();
if ( profile.layout == 'gecko' && profile.platform == 'linux' ) {
    // This will only run in Gecko browsers on Linux.
}

Checks the current browser against a support map object.

Version numbers passed as numeric values will be compared like numbers (1.2 > 1.11). Version numbers passed as string values will be compared using a simple component-wise algorithm, similar to PHP's version_compare ('1.2' < '1.11').

A browser map is in the following format:

{
    // Multiple rules with configurable operators
    'msie': [['>=', 7], ['!=', 9]],
    // Match no versions
    'iphone': false,
    // Match any version
    'android': null
}

It can optionally be split into ltr/rtl sections:

{
    'ltr': {
        'android': null,
        'iphone': false
    },
    'rtl': {
        'android': false,
        // rules are not inherited from ltr
        'iphone': false
    }
}