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How do I disable "compatability mode" in IE8 for my website?

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I would recommend against doing this, even if you can find a way to do it. Compatability Mode is a setting the user is meant to have control over. You shouldn't be changing it out from under the user.

You should either fix your site to work with compatibility mode, or just tell your users not to do it.

John Saunders 2010-03-09 19:31:46

Why the downvote? Am I supposed to guess?

John Saunders 2010-03-09 19:34:51

Sorry, mis-read the question. Reverting the vote.

Joey 2010-03-09 19:35:10

@Johannes: I took it that he was talkling about the new "Compatibility View" feature of IE, which is plainly a user feature. What do _you_ think he's asking about?

John Saunders 2010-03-09 19:36:08

@Johannes: I always comment before the downvote, then do the downvote.

John Saunders 2010-03-09 19:36:27

The same, actually. And the HTTP header X-UA-Compatible is intended to toggle *exactly that* without user interaction. It's intended for site authors to avoid having users to fiddle with the settings until the site looks right. It's a per-page setting, though and therefore won't do any harm if set by the site. After all, styles are also not universal :-). Hm, ok, actually the original complaint to this answer still remains.

Joey 2010-03-09 19:37:56

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+4 A:

You can do it as a tag or as a setting in IIS (with the tag)

Tom 2010-03-09 19:32:14

Answer 3

A:

You can't force IE into non-compatibility mode.

What you can do is to tell the browser that the page works in IE 8, then it will remove the compatibility button in the address bar. A user can of course still force the browser into compatibility mode, but not with just a click of a button.

See: How to avoid ie8 compatibility button?

Guffa 2010-03-09 19:34:50

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