browser compatibility issue

Question

When my application runs in Internet Explorer, is needed that it choose IE8 version and run on it. Is there any javascript function that added in my jsp page, it selects IE8 version and run on it.

As in my machine I have IE9, but my default IE7 is the mode it is running. I can manually choose IE8 or IE9 to run on that particular version, but instead I want to write some piece of javascript code that allow any users, when run this application in IE, by default it runs in IE8.

do you want to detect browser type and version and run specific code? — java seeker, May 08 '14 at 18:23
It's not entirely clear, but they may be talking about setting the IE rendering/emulation mode, in which case, see the comment by @Pointy — jmoerdyk, May 08 '14 at 18:23
[X-UA-Compatibility](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff955275%28v=vs.85%29.aspx) — Pointy, May 08 '14 at 18:23
I can't even imagine what you're doing such that you want to *force* an obsolete browser on your users. — Adam Rackis, May 08 '14 at 18:28
Sometimes when you are working with ancient sites, some tags are dropped in later browsers. — Josef E., May 08 '14 at 18:30
possible duplicate of [Force IE8 Into IE7 Compatiblity Mode](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1014666/force-ie8-into-ie7-compatiblity-mode) — Blazemonger, May 08 '14 at 19:32

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 08 '14 at 18:25

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Try putting a custom meta tag in your head

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE8,chrome=1" />

This forces emulation of IE8

EDIT On every page unless you are using a filter of some kind

From your jsp filter:

((HttpServletResponse) servletResponse).setHeader("X-UA-Compatible", "IE=EmulateIE7,chrome=1");

answered May 08 '14 at 18:25

Josef E.

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This works, but it's even better to set it as an HTTP header. – Pointy May 08 '14 at 18:26
I agree, that being sent from the server saves you a lot of trouble – Josef E. May 08 '14 at 18:27
@participantjava I know your pain... T^T May you select my answer as accepted? – Josef E. May 08 '14 at 18:36
Thanks Josef E, selected.. – participantjava May 08 '14 at 18:38
Glad to help! :D I also forgot to add that this disables the compat mode button so your users can't really mess up the site unless the f12 it... – Josef E. May 08 '14 at 18:38

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