Force IE9 to emulate IE8. Possible?

Question

Is this possible at all? I tried adding this to the page but it didn\'t change a thing.

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Answer 1

Yes. Recent versions of IE (IE8 or above) let you adjust that. Here's how:

• Fire up Internet Explorer.
• Click the 'Tools' menu, then click 'Developer Tools'. Alternatively, just press F12.

That should open the Developer Tools window. That window has two menu items that are of interest:

• Browser Mode. This setting determines the value of the user-agent header sent for every request.
• Document Mode. This setting determines how the rendering engine renders the page.

More at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/06/16/ie-s-compatibility-features-for-site-developers.aspx