# HowToCheck if JavaScript enabled in browser?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/howtocheck-if-javascript-enabled-in-browser/116751>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 9, 2007, 11:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/howtocheck-if-javascript-enabled-in-browser/116751 "2007-10-09T11:33:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![demoversion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@demoversion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/demoversion)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 11:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/howtocheck-if-javascript-enabled-in-browser/116751/1 "2007-10-09T11:33:05Z")

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Hello,

How do I can check if javascript enabled in browser?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![demoversion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@demoversion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/demoversion)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/howtocheck-if-javascript-enabled-in-browser/116751/2 "2007-10-09T15:03:13Z")

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Can you be more specific about what you’re trying to do? Generally, you  
just try to execute your javascript and use a NOSCRIPT HTML element for  
graceful degradation:

[http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/scripts.html#h-18.3](http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/scripts.html#h-18.3)