Sometimes there are situations when Internet explorer 11 or 10 does not display web pages correctly.
This happens because the appearance of pages may change slightly in new browsers. As a result, the site may look unusual.
To fix the appearance, the developers introduced a feature in IE 11 and 10 called “compatibility mode”.
If you enable compatibility mode in IE 11 or 10, the website display settings change - they acquire the functionality of Internet explorer 9 or 8.
Compatibility mode can be enabled not only for the IE 11 and 10 browser, but also for games and programs, just in a slightly different way.
Configuring Internet Explorer 11 or 10 to enable compatibility mode
Before you move on to enabling compatibility mode in IE 11 or 10 browsers, you will need to perform one small step, or rather, enable the display of the “menu”.
To do this, click anywhere at the very top of the browser with the right mouse button and check the box next to the line: “menu bar”.
Now it will appear new line, in which you will have access to many customization options.
Also note that if the page is incompatible with the internet explorer 11 browser, then address bar(on the right side) a button appears, clicking on which the browser will automatically switch to displaying sites as it was in older versions.
Enabling Compatibility Mode in IE 11 and 10
Now that you have a menu bar, click on the “service” option and in the tab that appears, select: “Compatibility mode viewing options” or “Viewing...”.
After this, the address of the web page you are on will be written in the window that appears (if you select the first option), where you will be asked to add a site for viewing in compatibility mode.
Click on the “add” button and your Internet Explorer browser will be rebuilt and begin to correctly display the added site.
For those who want to turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer 11, in an open browser, press the “Alt” key to display the menu bar or call it as described above.
Next, go to “service” and click on the line “delete browser history”. A window will appear in which you can clear the compatibility mode list both completely and for individual sites (log option).
It should be noted that this function in Internet Explorer is quite useful and is updated automatically.
The addresses of sites that are designed for older versions of IE are entered there, although updates can be disabled if desired.
However, do not rush to disable it - many sites are displayed much better when the function is enabled. Good luck.
Internet Explorer is, perhaps, the only browser that absolutely everyone has had to deal with at least once in their life Windows users: It’s not for nothing that Microsoft supplies them with every version completely free of charge operating system. At the same time, of course, this software product is far from ideal in its characteristics, but there is still hope for the best. Taking a closer look at the updated IE 11, it’s easy to notice that the latest development looks much better than earlier versions: you have a brand new interface and improved web page loading speed.
But some sites are still displayed incorrectly: either the images are stretched, or the text is scattered chaotically across the entire field, or the control menu moves from the usual point A to point B. In principle, the way out of this situation is simple - just reconfigure the mode in Internet Explorer 11 compatibility so that the problem resolves itself. But what configuration options can be offered?
How to set up your browser?
In principle, there are not many ways to configure compatibility mode in Internet Explorer 11: just enable or disable the corresponding parameter for the site. Another question is when and how does each of these options apply to Windows?
With the first part of it, everything seems to be clear - we enable / disable it in the event that the site elements are not displayed at all or loaded incorrectly. Accordingly, if compatibility mode was enabled for the site, you need to disable it for the problem to disappear and vice versa. As for the second part of the question, everything is somewhat more complicated here.
How to connect parameters?
Based on the experience of using previous versions of the standard Windows browser, it is easy to guess that you can enable compatibility mode in Internet Explorer 11 by adjusting the viewing options in the “Tools” section. The only catch is that finding it the first time is not so easy, because in the 11th version the standard file menu hidden and, in order to “reanimate” it, you will have to use one of the available tricks, namely:
One way or another, after the “Viewing Options” window appears to enable compatibility mode in standard Windows browser First, check the boxes next to two parameters - “Display sites...” and “Use compatibility lists...”, and then indicate the address of the web portal with which problems are encountered when loading, and click the “Add” button:
What's the result? Less than 2 minutes - and the compatibility mode in the 11th version of IE is turned on!
How to disable the option?
If the site stops functioning normally due to the compatibility mode enabled in IE 11, you will have to resort to one of the methods to cancel this parameter. First of all, you can arm yourself with the reverse method, i.e., turn it on and turn it off. In this case, to configure the combined mode, open the “Tools” menu, select the “Viewing Options...” item in it, and then find in the list of sites added to the exception the one with which problems are encountered when viewing, click on it with the mouse and click the “Delete” button ":
If the problematic site is not on the list, it is very likely that it is included in the standard Windows lists. In this case, to solve the problem with loading it, you will need to uncheck the “Use lists...” item in the “Viewing options...” box.
In addition, clearing the browser history for Windows, that is, deleting the history of sites viewed in it, will help solve the problem of disabling the parameter. To do this, with Internet Explorer open in version 11, press Alt, then click the “Tools” tab in the menu that appears and select the appropriate task from the proposed list. Next, check the box next to “Journal” and click the “Delete” button:
That's all the difficulties! Can you handle it?
When you develop a website, you need to check it for compatibility with different Internet versions Explorer. On the other hand, you may simply end up on a page that is incompatible with latest version Microsoft browser. In such cases, the mode will help you Internet compatibility Explorer 9.
If you come to a page that is not displayed correctly, then first try turning on compatibility mode (most often this helps, example in Figure 1).
Figure 1 - Site not compatible with Internet Explorer 9 (left standard view, on the right - in compatibility mode)
When you visit a site that does not explicitly indicate that it is compatible with Internet Explorer 9, a button appears in the address bar. Click this button to enable compatibility mode (the page will refresh after clicking this button). To turn off compatibility mode, click this button again. After this, the site will always be displayed in compatibility mode, and the button will look like this.
If the site developers update the site and explicitly indicate that the site is compatible with Internet Explorer 9, the compatibility mode will automatically turn off. To view compatibility mode options, click
Figure 2 - Compatibility View Options
To add a site to the list, enter the site URL in the line Add this website and press Add. If you want to always work in compatibility mode (for example, you only work in local network, where web sites were developed with the eighth or seventh version of IE in mind), then check the box Show all websites in Compatibility View. In the parameter Show intranet sites in Compatibility View By default there is a checkbox, it tells the browser to open enterprise sites in IE7 compatibility mode.
If you want to enable compatibility mode not for the eighth version of the browser, then click
Figure 3 - Developer panel
Select Document mode and from the drop down list select the required version browser. In order for the browser to be recognized on sites as a different version, click Browser mode and select the desired version.
The Internet Explorer 9 team promised that IE users would be able to browse the entire Internet. I think they succeeded.
When you develop a website, you need to check it for compatibility with different versions Internet Explorer. On the other hand, you may simply end up on a page that is not compatible with the latest version of Microsoft's browser. In such cases, Internet Explorer 9 Compatibility Mode will help you.
If you come to a page that is not displayed correctly, then first try turning on compatibility mode (most often this helps, example in Figure 1).
Figure 1 - Site not compatible with Internet Explorer 9 (standard view on the left, compatibility mode on the right)
When you visit a site that does not explicitly indicate that it is compatible with Internet Explorer 9, a button appears in the address bar. Click this button to enable compatibility mode (the page will refresh after clicking this button). To turn off compatibility mode, click this button again. After this, the site will always be displayed in compatibility mode, and the button will look like this.
If the site developers update the site and explicitly indicate that the site is compatible with Internet Explorer 9, the compatibility mode will automatically turn off. To view compatibility mode options, click
Figure 2 - Compatibility View Options
To add a site to the list, enter the site URL in the line Add this website and press Add. If you want to always work in compatibility mode (for example, you work only on a local network, where web sites were developed with the eighth or seventh version of IE in mind), then check the box Show all websites in Compatibility View. In the parameter Show intranet sites in Compatibility View By default there is a checkbox, it tells the browser to open enterprise sites in IE7 compatibility mode.
If you want to enable compatibility mode not for the eighth version of the browser, then click
Figure 3 - Developer panel
Select Document mode and select the desired browser version from the drop-down list. In order for the browser to be recognized on sites as a different version, click Browser mode and select the desired version.
The Internet Explorer 9 team promised that IE users would be able to browse the entire Internet. I think they succeeded.
Compatibility mode may be useful when viewing web pages designed for earlier versions Internet browser Explorer. Disabling this mode does not require special training or attracting additional software.
