force the user's ie8 compatibility mode

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Is it possible to force the client's IE8 to not be in Compatibility mode? I have a site where it looks good in compatibility mode, but of course not as good as IE8 - not to mention newer browsers. As I think about it, I believe it would not be possible, since it's the system setting, but maybe someone was struggling with that one before.

Thank you

Isn't compatibility mode the IE 5.5 mode? – Michas Nov 10 '11 at 22:08 — Michas, Nov 10 '11 at 22:08
IE8 with compatibility mode acts like IE7 – bobek Nov 10 '11 at 22:11 — bobek, Nov 10 '11 at 22:11
Is there a public URL for the site? – Michas Nov 10 '11 at 22:14 — Michas, Nov 10 '11 at 22:14

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 11 '11 at 12:10

The whole msdn site gives very good description of compatibility modes.

I suggest reading the information provided there as this will give you deeper understanding the topic, but if you want short answer, different modes are defined like this:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=4">   <!-- IE5 mode -->
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7.5" > <!-- IE7 mode -->
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=100" > <!-- IE9 mode -->
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=a" >   <!-- IE5 mode --> 

<!-- This header mimics Internet Explorer 7 and uses 
     <!doctype> to determine how to display the webpage -->
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" >

Jarzon · Answer 2 · 2019-01-31T00:59:59.267

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Internet Explorer does have a compatibility mode, you can enable it be using x-ua-compatible meta tag:

<head>
    <title>Page Title</title>

    <!-- Have to positioned before scripts and style tags -->
    <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="IE=8">
</head>

edited Jan 31 '19 at 00:59

answered Nov 10 '11 at 22:11

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The tag in HTML document: `` – Michas Nov 10 '11 at 22:17

force the user's ie8 compatibility mode

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