Trident layout engine

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Trident layout engine is Microsoft's proprietary web page rendering engine used by Internet Explorer to display and interpret HTML, CSS, and related web technologies.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
MSHTML 2
Internet Explorer 3 layout engine 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf browser engine
layout engine
alsoKnownAs Trident layout engine
surface form: MSHTML
APIs COM interfaces
IHTMLDocument2 and related interfaces
componentOf 360 Secure Browser (Trident mode)
surface form: MSHTML.DLL
developer Microsoft
era late 1990s to 2010s
implements Trident layout engine self-linksurface differs
surface form: MSHTML
introducedInProductVersion Internet Explorer
surface form: Internet Explorer 4.0
license proprietary software license
notableFor historical compatibility issues with web standards
support for ActiveX controls
tight integration with Windows
operatingSystem Windows
surface form: Microsoft Windows
platform IA-32
x86-64
primaryLanguage C++
proprietary true
replaced Trident layout engine self-linksurface differs
surface form: Internet Explorer 3 layout engine
status legacy
succeededBy Blink (via Microsoft Edge Chromium)
EdgeHTML
supports ActiveX
CSS
CSS2 (partial)
CSS3 (partial, in later versions)
DHTML
DOM
ECMAScript
HTML
VBScript
surface form: VBScript (legacy)

XHTML (partial)
XML
supportsMode Compatibility modes for older IE versions
Quirks mode
Standards mode
usedBy Windows applications embedding Internet Explorer control
usedFor executing client-side scripts
layout and painting of web content
parsing HTML
rendering web pages
usedIn 360 Secure Browser (Trident mode)
AOL Desktop
surface form: AOL Explorer

Avant Browser (legacy versions)
Internet Explorer
Maxthon (Chromium-based versions)
surface form: Maxthon (legacy versions)

SlimBrowser (legacy versions)
Tencent QQ Browser (legacy Trident mode)

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Trident layout engine alsoKnownAs Trident layout engine
this entity surface form: MSHTML
Internet Explorer hasComponent Trident layout engine
Trident layout engine implements Trident layout engine self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: MSHTML
Trident layout engine replaced Trident layout engine self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 3 layout engine