How can I detect browser type using jQuery?

The best solution is probably: use Modernizr.

However, if you necessarily want to use $.browser property, you can do it using jQuery Migrate plugin (for JQuery >= 1.9 - in earlier versions you can just use it) and then do something like:

if($.browser.chrome) {
   alert(1);
} else if ($.browser.mozilla) {
   alert(2);
} else if ($.browser.msie) {
   alert(3);
}

And if you need for some reason to use navigator.userAgent, then it would be:

$.browser.msie = /msie/.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase()); 
$.browser.mozilla = /firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase());

My solution for ie detection:

if (navigator.userAgent.match(/msie/i) || navigator.userAgent.match(/trident/i) ){
    $("html").addClass("ie");
}

Jquery needed.

You can use this code to find correct browser and you can make changes for any target browser.....

function myFunction() { 
        if((navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera") || navigator.userAgent.indexOf('OPR')) != -1 ){
            alert('Opera');
        }
        else if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Chrome") != -1 ){
            alert('Chrome');
        }
        else if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari") != -1){
            alert('Safari');
        }
        else if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") != -1 ){
             alert('Firefox');
        }
        else if((navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE") != -1 ) || (!!document.documentMode == true )){
          alert('IE'); 
        }  
        else{
           alert('unknown');
        }
    }

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<title>Browser detector</title>

</head>
<body onload="myFunction()">
// your code here 
</body>
</html>

How can I detect browser type using jQuery?

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