Determine if in IE8 Compatibility Mode using conditionals

Question

Hi,

I understand from my research that IE8 does annoying things like forcing itself into IE7 mode for local intranet hosts and local IP ranges. I understand from a previous question that there is no way to use conditional statements as, irrespective of whether IE8 is rendering in IE8 or IE7 mode, it will still only use the <!--[if IE 8]> conditional.

Since this question was asked a while ago (during the IE8 beta phase by the looks of things) I am wondering if this has changed or if there is any other way using conditionals to determine if IE8 is in compatibility mode.

Thanks!

Answer 1

No, you can't do it using conditionals.

The best way to do it is to use the document.documentMode property as described in the link Pekka posted. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1208837/how-can-i-detect-if-ie8-is-running-in-compatibility-view