How to make IE8 only to work in compatibility mode?

Question

IE8 has it's own bugs which are not present in IE6, IE7, IE8 compat. mode and IE9 beta... i.e.: http://forum.jquery.com/topic/hidden-visible-broken-in-ie8

Is there any way to force compatibility mode for IE8 only?

1. When i try to put in the header something like:

  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=IE7; IE9" />

IE8 doc type falls back to IE8 mode

1. When i try:

   <!--[if IE 8]>
       <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7"/>
   <![endif]-->
   

IE8 renders the meta-tag but completely ignores it

Am i out of options, except for turning IE7 document mode for every IE>7 ?

Answer 1

Try the following without semi-colon

<!--[if IE 8]>
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />
<![endif]-->

This works for me and the test http://forum.jquery.com/topic/hidden-visible-broken-in-ie8 also works

Let me know if this works for you as well