Detect Metro UI Version of IE

Question

What\'s the fastest method, to detect User-Agent as metro UI version of internet-explorer >=10 ?

Answer 1

I tested the following and it works, a jsfiddle showing this can be found here.

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This is a bit of long shot, but seems quite a sensible solution:

Why not check whether the browser is full screen¹ and depending on that call the fullscreen one metro. I have windows 8 running on my computer at work, so I will try to check tomorrow whether there are any GUI's still around (don't think I remember any) and if so, you would need to manually subtract them. True, it's not the most beautiful solution, but as far as I know there won't be any 'beautiful' solution and this could prove to be a pretty solid hack, as the GUI of metro IE can't be changed with any toolbars or similar software (as far as I know). True, it could lead to a misidentification of the desktop IE, but even that is within reason, as a fullscreen desktop IE will still give a similar experience.

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¹ Giving something along the lines of:

if(window.innerWidth == screen.width && window.innerHeight == screen.height) {
  // metro
} else {
  // desktop
}