window.external
Discouraged
This feature is discouraged. For the rationale, see:
The window.external.AddSearchProvider() and window.external.IsSearchProviderInstalled() do nothing. Historically, they added external search providers to the browser.
Learn more
No MDN documentation found.Specifications
- HTML (#external), from HTML Workstream (WHATWG).
Browser support
- Chrome 9 Released on 2011-02-03
- Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
- Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
- Firefox 2 Released on 2006-10-24
- Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
- Safari ❌
- Safari on iOS ❌
Baseline availability blocked since July 2015 by Safari (120 months)
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