Ext.isIE return false in IE 11

Question

When I try to use Ext.isIE in IE11 i get false the returning value. And then during the debug my code I see that I get the following error: JavaScript Error - Msg:Invalid argument., my extjs's version is: 4,2

Answer 1

IE 11 is not officially supported prior to ExtJS 4.2.2 (see property isIE11). Microsoft removed the MSIE part from IE11's user agent (refer here), which is the reason why it does not work with ExtJS 4.2.1 and below.

From the source code, for ExtJS 4.2.1:

isIE = !isOpera && check(/msie/),
isIE7 = isIE && ((check(/msie 7/) && docMode != 8 && docMode != 9 && docMode != 10) || docMode == 7),
isIE8 = isIE && ((check(/msie 8/) && docMode != 7 && docMode != 9 && docMode != 10) || docMode == 8),
isIE9 = isIE && ((check(/msie 9/) && docMode != 7 && docMode != 8 && docMode != 10) || docMode == 9),
isIE10 = isIE && ((check(/msie 10/) && docMode != 7 && docMode != 8 && docMode != 9) || docMode == 10),
isIE6 = isIE && check(/msie 6/),

and for ExtJS 4.2.2:

isIE = !isOpera && (check(/msie/) || check(/trident/)),
isIE7 = isIE && ((check(/msie 7/) && docMode != 8 && docMode != 9 && docMode != 10) || docMode == 7),
isIE8 = isIE && ((check(/msie 8/) && docMode != 7 && docMode != 9 && docMode != 10) || docMode == 8),
isIE9 = isIE && ((check(/msie 9/) && docMode != 7 && docMode != 8 && docMode != 10) || docMode == 9),
isIE10 = isIE && ((check(/msie 10/) && docMode != 7 && docMode != 8 && docMode != 9) || docMode == 10),
isIE11 = isIE && ((check(/trident\/7\.0/) && docMode != 7 && docMode != 8 && docMode != 9 && docMode != 10) || docMode == 11),
isIE6 = isIE && check(/msie 6/),

Answer 2

It's very simple:

navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().lastIndexOf('rv:11') > -1

will return true if it's a IE11 browser.

Answer 3

This works for me:

var isIE11 = window.location.hash = !!window.MSInputMethodContext;