Inaccurate platform detection
Reports a common JavaScript pattern for detecting the browser or operating system in which the script is run. In addition to pointing out non-portable constructs, these platform detection patterns are often incomplete and easily fooled. For most cases, detection of individual environment features is preferable to attempting to detect the entire platform.
Patterns detected include:
document.all
document.layers
navigator.userAgent
navigator.oscpu
navigator.appName
navigator.appCodeName
navigator.platform
Locating this inspection
- By ID
Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.
PlatformDetectionJS- Via Settings dialog
Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.
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By default bundled with: | CLion 2025.1, GoLand 2025.1, IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, JetBrains Rider 2024.3, PhpStorm 2024.3, PyCharm 2025.1, Qodana for .NET 2024.3, Qodana for Go 2025.1, Qodana for JS 2025.1, Qodana for JVM 2024.3, Qodana for PHP 2024.3, Qodana for Ruby 2025.1, RubyMine 2025.1, WebStorm 2025.1 |
Can be installed with plugin: | JavaScript and TypeScript, 251.24737 |