Is JavaScript supposed to be enabled by default for Safari on iOS 11.4.1?

Thanks for posting your question and solution, AutoSketcher. I'd had odd issues lately on my iPhone when using Safari. Web sites would take forever to load, and then wouldn't look or behave correctly. Per your note, I checked to see if JavaScript was on. It wasn't, and I had never turned it off. Back on, web pages now work as they should.

Now I need to check my iPad to see if that one was turned off by one of the recent updates.

Interestingly enough, I checked my 5th gen iPad after the update, the switch for Javascript in Settings->Safari appeared in the off position.

However, websites loaded fine, and no issues. I even checked that JS was actually on with a simple JS call in a test page, and it worked, indicating that even though the switch said it was off, it was not actually off.

After toggling it, it seems to now retain the correct state.

My iPhone 7 was unaffected. Switch was on, and JS worked.

Kurt Lang wrote:

That's the way my 6th gen iPad was. JavaScript was shown as off, even though it was clearly on since JavaScript actions were working on the web. I tapped it anyway to turn the switch green.

Yup. Same thing on an iPhone 6 Plus. Interesting Glitch.

That's the way my 6th gen iPad was. JavaScript was shown as off, even though it was clearly on since JavaScript actions were working on the web. I tapped it anyway to turn the switch green.

Hi

Go to settings down to Safari - advanced check java script is green.

Cheers

Brian 🇬-1F1E7;

AutoSketcher already noted the solution in his second post. It's not a matter of turning JavaScript on. It's already on, but the slider shows it as being off.