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Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) is the successor to Internet Explorer 10. It was officially released on 17 October 2013 for Windows 8.1 and on 7 November 2013 for Windows 7. Microsoft apps and services to end support for Internet Explorer 11 November 30, 2020 - September 30, 2021.

Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) is the successor to Internet Explorer 10. It was officially released on 17 October 2013 for Windows 8.1 and on 7 November 2013 for Windows 7.

It is the final version of Internet Explorer supported by Microsoft. As of Windows 10, Edge is the new default browser, but IE11 will continue to get security patches until the operating system reaches end of life. See Microsoft apps and services to end support for Internet Explorer 11

New web standards features included in IE11 include:

Rewritten F12 Dev Tools

  • New performance analysis tools
  • New memory usage tools
  • Many other new and updated dev features

Graphics

  • WebGL
  • Canvas2D Level 2 (partial)

Media

  • MPEG Dash

Networking

  • SPDY/3

CSS

  • Updated Flexbox to Candidate Recommendation syntax
  • border-image-* and shorthand
  • text-combine-horizontal

JavaScript

  • ES6 let, const, Map, WeakMap and Set
  • __proto__, __defineGetter__ and __defineSetter__

DOM and APIs

  • Mutation Observers
  • Device Orientation Events
  • Screen Orientation API
  • Full Screen API
  • Input Method Editor API
  • Media Source Extensions
  • Encrypted Media Extensions
  • Web Cryptography API
  • element.dataset
  • Tracking Preference Expression (DNT)
  • Dynamic TextTracks
  • TTML Simple Delivery Profile for Closed Captions
  • Streaming XHR cache control (msCaching attribute)
  • Pointer Events updated to Candidate Recommendation syntax
  • devicePixelRatio

The user agent string has been updated to remove the MSIE token and add like Gecko. Support for Microsoft specific features such as document.all and the ActiveXObject has been cloaked.

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How to write a CSS hack for IE 11?

How can I hack or write css only for IE 11? I have a website that looks bad in IE 11.I just search here and there but didnt find any solution yet. Is there any css selector?
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How to detect IE11?

When I want to detect IE I use this code: function getInternetExplorerVersion() { var rv = -1; if (navigator.appName == 'Microsoft Internet Explorer') { var ua = navigator.userAgent; var re = new RegExp("MSIE…
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Text in a flex container doesn't wrap in IE11

Consider the following snippet: .parent { display: flex; flex-direction: column; width: 400px; border: 1px solid red; align-items: center; } .child { border: 1px solid blue; }
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How can I prevent the scrollbar overlaying content in IE10?

In IE10, the scrollbar is not always there... and when it appears it comes on as an overlay... It's a cool feature but I would like to turn it off for my specific website as it is a full screen application and my logos and menus are lost behind…
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Using `window.location.hash.includes` throws “Object doesn't support property or method 'includes'” in IE11

I am checking the URL to see if it contains or includes a ? in it to control the hash pop state in the window. All other browsers aren’t having an issue, only IE. The debugger gives me this error when I try to load in this way: Object doesn't…
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Internet Explorer 11 detection

I know IE 11 has different user agent string than all other IE Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Trident/7.0; rv 11.0) like Gecko I have tried to detect IE 11 with answer specified for this question' Jquery fail to detect IE 11 Thats…
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How to downgrade from Internet Explorer 11 to Internet Explorer 10?

As a developer, I found the new Internet Explorer version to be a complete nightmare. I turned the windows feature off, but I wasn't able to install Internet Explorer 10. It says that it's already installed which it is not. Is there a file or a…
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Internet Explorer 9, 10 & 11 Event constructor doesn't work

I am creating an event, so use the DOM Event constructor: new Event('change'); This works fine in modern browsers, however in Internet Explorer 9, 10 & 11, it fails with: Object doesn't support this action How can I fix Internet Explorer (ideally…
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How to bring back "Browser mode" in IE11?

UPDATE: The old question applies only to IE11 preview; browser mode had returned in final release of IE11. But there is a catch: it is next to useless, because it does not emulate conditional comments. For example, if you use them to enable HTML5…
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Flexbox Not Centering Vertically in IE

I have a simple web page with some Lipsum content that is centered on the page. The page works fine in Chrome and Firefox. If I reduce the size of the window, the content fills the window until it can't and then adds a scroll bar and fills content…
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IE11 - does a polyfill / script exist for CSS variables?

I'm developing a webpage in a mixed web browser environment (Chrome/IE11). IE11 doesn't support CSS variables, is there a polyfill or script that exists that would allow me to use CSS variables in IE11?
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Why doesn't Internet Explorer 11 honour conditional comments even when emulating Internet Explorer 8 document mode?

I'm using the new Internet Explorer 11 developer tools to switch the document mode to "8", but conditional comments are still ignored, that is, they are not properly parsed and behave like normal comments. So any referenced file inside the…
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Internet Explorer 11 disable "display intranet sites in compatibility view" via meta tag not working

I have been working on an intranet website for over 6 months were I have been using the below html5 doctype and edge compatibility meta tag to force Internet Explorer to not emulate an older browser version, and this has worked ok.
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What happened to "Always refresh from server" in IE11 developer tools?

Do the F12 developer tools in Internet Explorer 11 also have the "Always refresh from server" feature of the developer tools in IE 8-10? I see the "Clear browser cache... (Ctrl + R)" button on the Network tool, but clicking on it appears to do…
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Detecting IE version using CSS Capability/Feature Detection

IE10+ no longer supports browser detection tags to identify a browser. For detecting IE10 I am using JavaScript and a capability-testing technique to detect certain ms prefixed styles are defined such as msTouchAction and msWrapFlow. I want to do…
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