Force IE8 Into IE7 Compatiblity Mode

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Bryan picture Bryan · Jun 18, 2009 · Viewed 103.1k times · Source

Is there a way to force IE8 into IE7 compatibility mode using .NET or Javascript?

Answer

Serhat Ozgel picture Serhat Ozgel · Jun 18, 2009

If you add this to your meta tags:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />

IE8 will render the page like IE7.

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