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Asked: 2026-05-20T06:05:49+00:00

Is this possible at all? I tried adding this to the page but it

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

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8">

UPDATE- I’m trying to do this because our site has some IE9 specific CSS issues, which wouldn’t appear in IE8.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can use the document compatibility
    mode to do this, which is what you
    were trying.. However, thing to note
    is: It must appear in the Web page’s
    header (the HEAD section) before all
    other elements, except for the title
    element and other meta elements Hope
    that was the issue.. Also, The
    X-UA-compatible header is not case
    sensitive Refer:
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288325%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#SetMode

    Edit: in case something happens to kill the msdn link, here is the content:

    Specifying Document Compatibility Modes

    You can use document modes to control the way Internet Explorer
    interprets and displays your webpage. To specify a specific document
    mode for your webpage, use the meta element to include an
    X-UA-Compatible header in your webpage, as shown in the following
    example.

    <html>
<head>
  <!-- Enable IE9 Standards mode -->
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=9" >
  <title>My webpage</title>
</head>
<body>
  <p>Content goes here.</p>
</body>
</html>

    If you view this webpage in Internet Explorer 9, it will be displayed
    in IE9 mode.

    The following example specifies EmulateIE7 mode.

    <html>
<head>
  <!-- Mimic Internet Explorer 7 -->
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" >
  <title>My webpage</title>
</head>
<body>
  <p>Content goes here.</p>
</body>
</html>

    In this example, the X-UA-Compatible header directs Internet Explorer
    to mimic the behavior of Internet Explorer 7 when determining how to
    display the webpage. This means that Internet Explorer will use the
    directive (or lack thereof) to choose the appropriate
    document type. Because this page does not contain a
    directive, the example would be displayed in IE5 (Quirks) mode.

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