Can I tell if my Chrome Extension is running on Windows?

Question

In my Google Chrome Extension I need to copy text onto the Clipboard, and I need to know if my extension is installed on Windows OS or not. Is it possible?

PS. If it is Windows, then I will replace end-lines with "\\r\\n" , which makes multi-line text look better on Windows.

Answer 1

Two ways, at least

1. You can simply rely on navigator.platform

2. Better option is to use Chrome API: chrome.runtime.getPlatformInfo() :

   chrome.runtime.getPlatformInfo(function callback)

   Returns information about the current platform.

   In the form of a PlatformInfo object .

    chrome.runtime.getPlatformInfo( function(info) { if(info.os == "win") { /* do stuff */ } });