[Chapter 21] Reference: MimeType.enabledPlugin
Author: David Flanagan
Date: Fri Aug 29 11:18:05 1997

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| Chapter 21 JavaScript Reference |

# MimeType.enabledPlugin Property

## Name

MimeType.enabledPlugin Property---the plug-in that handles the MIME type

## Availability

Navigator 3.0

## Synopsis

    mimetype.enabledPlugin

## Description

The `enabledPlugin` property is a reference to a Plugin object that represents the installed and enabled plug-in that handles the specified MIME type. If the MIME type is not handled by any plug-ins, then the value of this property will be `null`.

## Usage

The `navigator.mimeType[]` array will tell you whether a given MIME type is supported by the browser in some fashion. The `enabledPlugin` property of the MimeType object, however tells you whether a particular supported type is supported with a plug-in or not (MIME types can also be supported with helper applications, or directly by the browser.) If a MIME type is supported by a plug-in, it can be embedded in a web page with the `<EMBED>` tag; otherwise it must be output in some other way.

## See Also

"MimeType", "Plugin"

MimeType.description |  | MimeType.suffixes