Document: xmlEncoding 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.

Returns the encoding as determined by the XML declaration. Should be null if unspecified or unknown.

Warning: Do not use this attribute; it has been removed from the DOM Level 4 specification and is no longer supported in Firefox 10.0.

Consider the following XML Declaration:

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>

Then, the result should be "UTF-16".

Specifications

Specification
DOM
# dom-document-xmlencoding

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
xmlEncoding
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 – No support
Firefox 1 – 9 (Release date: 2004-11-09)
footnote Removed in 10 and later
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 3 (Release date: 2007-10-26)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android 4 – 9 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote Removed in 10 and later
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
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 – Full support
WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.