On 4/19/13 1:31 AM, AngelPSan wrote:
Hi, anyone knows the definitive solution to make internet explorer web pages load in standard mode?
Boy, have you opened a can of worms! Here's what Microsoft[1] has to say (about IE 9) - "Important The new standards support in Internet Explorer 9 requires the browser to be in Internet Explorer 9 Standards mode (“IE9 mode”). The best way to do this is to use a standards !DOCTYPE directive and no X-UA-Compatible meta tag or HTTP header. The !DOCTYPE to invoke IE9 mode is the following: <!DOCTYPE html> ..." Personally, I use the X-UA-Compatible flag no matter what, as IE 8+ displays a "Compatibility mode" button if I don't. This button switches IE to the anything-but-standards mode that emulates IE 7. As it appears next to the browser's refresh button, so very easily pressed by mistake. :( The X-UA-Compatible META was introduced in IE 8. Earlier versions use a valid DOCTYPE to force so-called standards mode. But it must come first on your page. Leading comments or an XML declaration in front will fail to enforce standards mode. There are additional issues if you add lots of class names to the HTML tag, for example if you use "conditional class names" or Modernizr. You can read about those issues here: <http://nicolasgallagher.com/better-conditional-classnames-for-hack-free-css/> "Definitive solution?" I don't know. But this is to the best of my current knowledge. I do hope it helps. [1] <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/ff468705> -- Cordially, David ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
