`scripting` CSS media feature

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It's been available across browsers since December 2023.

The scripting CSS media feature can be used to test whether scripting (such as JavaScript) is available.

Note: The detection is done by the browsers based on the user settings. Some browser extensions can implement script blocking using different techniques. In such cases the scripting media feature may not work as expected.

Syntax

The scripting feature is specified as a keyword value chosen from the list below.

none: Scripting is completely unavailable on the current document.
initial-only: Scripting is enabled during the initial page load, but not afterwards.
enabled: Scripting is supported and active on the current document.

Examples

HTML

<p class="script-none">You do not have scripting available. :-(</p>
<p class="script-initial-only">
  Your scripting is only enabled during the initial page load. Weird.
</p>
<p class="script-enabled">You have scripting enabled! :-)</p>

CSS

p {
  color: lightgray;
}

@media (scripting: none) {
  .script-none {
    color: red;
  }
}

@media (scripting: initial-only) {
  .script-initial-only {
    color: red;
  }
}

@media (scripting: enabled) {
  .script-enabled {
    color: red;
  }
}

Result

Specifications

Specification
Media Queries Level 5 # scripting

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
`scripting`	120	120	113	106	17	120	113	80	17	25.0	120	17