Does the WPF 4.0 WebBrowser Control support HTML5 if IE9 is installed?

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Does the WPF 4.0 WebBrowser Control support HTML5 if IE9 is installed? My initial tests with the Video Tag were not successful. Am I wasting my time and the control loads an older version of the Trident Engine?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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Applications that host the WebBrowser control must opt-in to post-IE7 modes using FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION. See Will the IE9 WebBrowser Control Support all of IE9's features, including SVG?

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answered Aug 11 '11 at 02:34

EricLaw

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I noticed that your link suggests an easier solution if you control the html: ``. Worked for me! – Sphinxxx Jun 27 '15 at 04:25
Yes, using the Edge mode declaration works for some things, but it behaves differently than using the feature control key. – EricLaw Jun 30 '15 at 16:27

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 10 '11 at 15:52

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I guess the hosted version of IE is 7.

answered Aug 10 '11 at 15:52

Mario Vernari

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This is unlikely if its suppose to use the same version of IE that is installed on the system. – Security Hound Aug 10 '11 at 15:56
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Check this one: http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/posts/2011/May/21/Web-Browser-Control-Specifying-the-IE-Version – Mario Vernari Aug 10 '11 at 16:06

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 10 '11 at 15:53

I haven't had a chance to test HTML5, but according to the below link on MSDN if IE is updated on the user's PC, the WPF browser control will also be updated since it uses the same version of the IE engine.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/wpf/thread/3c99a93c-0eb6-4839-83c9-fdfe72804e87

Does the WPF 4.0 WebBrowser Control support HTML5 if IE9 is installed?

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