# Document: queryCommandEnabled() method

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> [!NOTE]
> Although the {{domxref("Document/execCommand", "execCommand()")}} method is deprecated, if you do decide to use it for reasons given on that page, you should consider checking the command's availability using `queryCommandEnabled()` to ensure compatibility.

The **`Document.queryCommandEnabled()`** method reports whether
or not the specified editor command is enabled by the browser.

## Syntax

```js-nolint
queryCommandEnabled(command)
```

### Parameters

- `command`
  - : The command for which to determine support.

### Return value

Returns a boolean value which is `true` if the command is enabled
and `false` if the command isn't.

## Notes

- For `"cut"` and `"copy"` commands the method only returns true
  when called from a user-initiated thread.
- The `"paste"` command return `false` not only if the feature
  is unavailable, but also if the script calling it has insufficient privileges to
  perform the action.

## Example

```js
const flg = document.queryCommandEnabled("SelectAll");

if (flg) {
  document.execCommand("SelectAll", false, null); // command is enabled, run it
}
```

## Specifications

This feature is not part of any current specification. It is no longer on track to become a standard. There is an unofficial [W3C execCommand spec draft](https://w3c.github.io/editing/docs/execCommand/).

## Browser compatibility

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## See also

- {{domxref("document.execCommand()")}}
- {{domxref("document.queryCommandSupported()")}}