Trident layout engine

E34637
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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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
MSHTML 2
Microsoft Trident layout engine 2
Trident layout engine canonical 2

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 (8)

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

Internet Explorer → hasComponent → Trident layout engine ⓘ
Trident layout engine → replaced → Trident layout engine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 3 layout engine
Trident layout engine → implements → Trident layout engine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: MSHTML
Trident layout engine → alsoKnownAs → Trident layout engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: MSHTML
Active Desktop → usesTechnology → Trident layout engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer rendering engine
Avant Browser (legacy versions) → usesComponent → Trident layout engine ⓘ
subject surface form: Avant Browser
this entity surface form: Microsoft Trident layout engine
Tencent QQ Browser (legacy Trident mode) → basedOn → Trident layout engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft Trident layout engine
Maxthon (legacy versions) → basedOn → Trident layout engine ⓘ