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Ryu
Ryu

Reputation: 8739

Internet Explorer 8 EmulateIE7 Mode not working

I've set up IIS6 to send the following headers

Custom Header Name: X-UA-Compatible
Custom Header Value: IE=EmulateIE7

that supposed to force IE 8 into IE 7 Compatibility mode. You can read more about it on MSDN .

I have noticed by looking in the Developer toolbar that if I have a DTD defined the document mode correctly gets set to IE 7, but the browser mode is IE 8. If the page doesn't have a DTD the document mode gets set to Quirks and Browser Mode once again IE 8.

Am I doing something wrong. How do I force IE 8 to set IE 7 Browser mode.

Thanks

Upvotes: 4

Views: 11212

Answers (7)

Ken
Ken

Reputation: 9

    <!-- Use IE7 mode added on 13th October for IE8 BSCI-->
           <!--  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" /> -->
    <!-- Use IE7 mode added on 20th October for IE8 BSCI-->
            <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=IE7" /> <!--- This appears to work on testing! -->    
            <!-- END -->

Using 'Emulate' did not work but IE=IE7 did

Upvotes: 0

felickz
felickz

Reputation: 4461

If you followed that guide too closely you will miss the fact that the web.config way of fixing this is only supported in IIS 7 +.

Via [MSDN] article link in OP

Configuring Web Servers to Specify Default Compatibility Modes

Site administrators can configure their sites to default to a specific document compatibility mode by defining a custom header for the site. The specific process depends on your Web server. For example, the following web.config file enables Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) to define a custom header that automatically renders all pages in IE7 mode.

BUT see: IIS.NET article

IIS 7.0  The <customHeaders> element of the <httpProtocol> element was introduced in IIS 7.0.

Upvotes: 0

EricLaw
EricLaw

Reputation: 57075

Browser Mode refers to the user-agent header sent by the browser. Since the UA has already been sent before the HTTP response comes back containing your EmulateIE7 directive, it's too late to change the browser mode; only the document mode is changed.

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd565628(VS.85).aspx#bdmodes

Upvotes: 4

Nicolas
Nicolas

Reputation: 126

found this solution... hope it works!

Notice: You will have to put the "header" line before any html is sent to the browser (http://www.php.net/header)

It's PHP code, the line should be like this:

header('X-UA-Compatible: IE=7');

Upvotes: 0

infocyde
infocyde

Reputation: 4171

Check this link

http://ilia.ws/archives/196-IE8-X-UA-Compatible-Rant.html

Need to add a custom header as described in the link. Still looking for a non header solution when using the transitional DTD.

Upvotes: 1

Kevin Tighe
Kevin Tighe

Reputation: 21161

I think that's working as designed. I've been using that header value with no problems.

Are you having rendering issues on your pages? You could try using IE=IE7 instead.

Upvotes: 0

Jani Hartikainen
Jani Hartikainen

Reputation: 43243

I've used this meta tag to force the IE7 mode:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />

Important: you must put this before any other tags in <head>!

(actually you might be able to put a <title> before this, but not putting anything is easier to remember than the specific cases)

Upvotes: 6

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