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Document: applets property

Deprecated: This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

The applets property of the Document returns an empty HTMLCollection. This property is kept only for compatibility reasons; in older versions of browsers, it returned a list of the applets within a document.

Note: Support for the <applet> element has been removed by all browsers. Therefore, calling document.applets always returns an empty collection.

Value

An empty HTMLCollection.

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-document-applets

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
applets
Deprecated
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Partial support
Firefox 1 – 60 (Release date: 2004-11-09)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 61 (Release date: 2018-06-26)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 12.1 (Release date: 2012-11-20)
footnote Full support
Safari – Partial support
Safari 1 – 3.1 (Release date: 2003-06-23)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Safari – Full support
Safari 4 (Release date: 2009-06-08)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Partial support
Firefox for Android 4 – 60 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 61 (Release date: 2018-06-26)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 12.1 (Release date: 2012-10-09)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Partial support
Safari on iOS 1 – 3 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 3.2 (Release date: 2010-04-03)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Partial support
WebView on iOS 1 – 3 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 3.2 (Release date: 2010-04-03)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Partial support
Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
Has more compatibility info.

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