Trident layout engine

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browser engine layout engine

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) ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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