HTML DOM Navigator appName Property

Last Updated : 14 Jun, 2023

Navigator appName Property:

It is used for returning the name of the browser.
It is a read-only property and the values returned by it varies from browsers to browsers.
it returns a string which represents the name of the browser.
It returns “Netscape” for IE11, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari whereas, for IE 10 and earlier versions, it returns “Microsoft Internet Explorer”. For Opera, the Navigator appName Property returns “Opera”.

Syntax:

navigator.appName

Note: This property has been deprecated and is no longer used.

Below program illustrates the Navigator appName Property:
Getting the code name of the browser.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
      Navigator appName Property in HTML 
    </title> 
    <style> 
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
        } 
          
        h2 { 
            font-family: Impact; 
        } 
          
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
  
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>Navigator appName Property</h2> 
  
    <p> 
      For returning the name of the current browser,  
      double click the "Return Browser Name" button:  
    </p> 
  
    <button ondblclick="browsername()"> 
      Return Browser Name 
    </button> 
  
    <p id="browser"></p> 
  
    <script> 
        function browsername() { 
            var b = "Browser Name: " + navigator.appName; 
            document.getElementById("browser").innerHTML = b; 
        } 
    </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html> 