We are using an embedded SWT Browser in a Java application. The SWT Browser wraps an IE8 WebBrowser Control object. I am running into the well-known issue that by default, the WebBrowser Control uses IE7 mode instead of IE8 mode. (See http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2009/03/10/more-ie8-extensibility-improvements.aspx)
Per this and other articles, I am trying to set the FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION registry value for my application so that the Browser defaults to IE8 mode, but I am having mixed success. Setting it to IE8 Standards Mode using the value 8000 does not work, butsetting it to "Forced" IE8 Standards Mode using value 8888 does.
I am testing this by loading the page in the SWT Browser and then executing the javascript
browser.execute("alert(document.documentMode);");
The result is 7 if the key value does not exist or is 8000. The result is 8 if the key value is 8888. The URL I am testing against is http://stackoverflow.com, which includes the following
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
Does anyone know what I am doing wrong?
Check this Solution First :
Regarding IE9 WebBrowser control
if it does not meet your need, here is the registry solution
To run a WebBrowser control in IE11 Standards Mode, use the following new value into the registry:
To run a WebBrowser control in IE10 Standards Mode, use the following new value into the registry:
To run a WebBrowser control in IE9 Standards Mode, use the following new value into the registry:
To run a WebBrowser control in IE8 Standards Mode, use the following new value into the registry:
To run in IE7 Standards Mode, use the following registry value:
Check the compatibility view settings in standalone IE (Tools > compatibility view settings). Is your page listed in the 'sites to display in compability view list' or is the 'show all sites in compatiblity view' box checked? With that reg value set to 8000, webbrowser control still honors compatibility view settings.