Web/CSS/@media/scripting

The scripting CSS media feature can be used to test whether scripting (such as JavaScript) is available.

Syntax

The scripting feature is specified as a keyword value chosen from the list below.

none

Scripting is completely unavailable on the current document.

initial-only

Scripting is enabled during the initial page load, but not afterwards.

enabled

Scripting is supported and active on the current document.

Examples

HTML

<p class="script-none">You do not have scripting available. :-(</p>
<p class="script-initial-only">Your scripting is only enabled during the initial page load. Weird.</p>
<p class="script-enabled">You have scripting enabled! :-)</p>

CSS

p {
  color: lightgray;
}

@media (scripting: none) {
  .script-none {
     color: red;
  }
}

@media (scripting: initial-only) {
  .script-initial-only {
    color: red;
  }
}

@media (scripting: enabled) {
  .script-enabled {
    color: red;
  }
}

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Media Queries Level 5The definition of 'scripting' in that specification.	Editor's Draft	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
scripting media feature	Chrome No support No Notes' No support No Notes' Notes' See bug 489957.	Edge No support No Notes' No support No Notes' Notes' See bug 489957.	Firefox No support No Notes' No support No Notes' Notes' See bug 1166581.	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No Notes' No support No Notes' Notes' See bug 489957.	Chrome Android No support No Notes' No support No Notes' Notes' See bug 489957.	Firefox Android No support No Notes' No support No Notes' Notes' See bug 1166581.	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No Notes' No support No Notes' Notes' See bug 489957.

Legend

No support  

No support

See implementation notes.'

See implementation notes.

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