Need to set document mode for specific sites in IE 11

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I'm facing an issue where certain sites in my organization are defaulting to render mode 5 and the page won't load. If I change the document mode to 8 or 9 it works fine.

Is there a way to set the browser to force document mode 9 on site X or Y?

We have admin access to the network. We're using Windows 7 machines.

This is the site: https://cmo.cibc.com

It requires a login which I don't have. The home page works fine but once you're in, that's when we start getting issues.

Best Answer

If it's going into (IE)5 document mode, then it's going into "Quirks" mode because the web page is not reporting it compatibilities..

Suggested possible fix(es):

  • If these are local/internal sites, then ensure that IE isn't set to display all Intranet sites in "Compatibility View" - (Tools > compatibility view settings > uncheck "Display intranet sites in Compatibility View".

  • Opposite to that, for external sites, try putting the site(s) in question into the Compatibility View list.

  • Fix the sites to have (proper) doctype and meta tags (this is the real answer, IMO).

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