Comments on: Forcing Compatibility Mode in IE8 when users view your page

By: Ivan Pointer

Ivan Pointer — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:55:50 +0000

Yes! A fix to a fix! Gotta love M$. The true solution? W3C…

By: tpcr

tpcr — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:13:43 +0000

If compatibility moad is not working with the above code, try:

just after your tag. This should force to IE7. Other forces available are as follows:

Hope this helps. (For browser coding issues be sure to place this at the top of your header).

By: keith

keith — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:50:24 +0000

You are a legend. I have already wasted hours trying to figure out what was going on but found the problem then your answer in quick succession. Still going to move to CSS to properly fix the problem but over this hump. Keep up the good work:-)

By: Nate Hanna

Nate Hanna — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:10:14 +0000

Notice: While this trick will render the Document Mode in “IE7 Standards” it leaves the Browser Mode in “IE8″ instead of making it “IE8 Compat View”. The issue this brings is with e-commerce websites and Google/PayPal Checkout. If your customer is logged into your e-commerce website and you offer a PayPal/Google Checkout method and they use it; they will be logged out of your website when they return from PayPal. This is an issue depending on how you work with those services (1) it could cause the order to be charged and NOT show in your e-commerce system; or (2) if you have the final review on your website the order will never finish.

The reason for this is due to “Express Setup” with IE8. That setup process checks a checkbox under Compatibility View Settings called “Include updated website lists from Microsoft”. If this is checked it will force websites to render in the Browser Mode “IE8 Compat View”; whereas the META tag solution DOES NOT. As a result, I have found that if your website does not render the “IE8 Compat View” mode and they goto a website that DOES; all authentication sessions and cookies are lost. For more information see my blog post: http://www.nathanhanna.com/2009/11/30/paypal-ie8-issue-demystified/

By: chad

chad — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:05:33 +0000

worked for me, as mentioned like everyone else above it needs to be the FIRST THING IN THE HEAD TAG.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:07:16 +0000

Thanks, worked for me.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:29:00 +0000

This saved me a lot of time this week.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:45:53 +0000

The patch above did not make a difference. Compatability mode turned on did it.

By: Force compatibility mode in IE8 - I am looking at the robot

Force compatibility mode in IE8 - I am looking at the robot — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:43:14 +0000

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By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:38:28 +0000

This was great! Thanks a bundle.