Compatibility View in Internet Explorer 9

You may have noticed that the Compatibility View button which used to be in the Address Bar in IE8 may or may not be there in IE9.  If you're missing it, you should now be able to find it under Developer Tools.  Just hit F12 and you should see:

 Compatibility View

Published Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:03 PM by fallen888
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# re: Compatibility View in Internet Explorer 9

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 10:59 PM by seaniannuzzi

Very nice that it support 7 and 8.

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# re: Compatibility View in Internet Explorer 9

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 8:42 PM by shampagne

Thank you!  Such a simple fix, but the MS Answers page mentioned nothing of the F12 button.  Kudos Kon!

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# re: Compatibility View in Internet Explorer 9

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 8:51 PM by fallen888

psst... F12 also activates Firebug and Chrome's dev toolbar.

# re: Compatibility View in Internet Explorer 9

Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:43 PM by Amy

Do you have to hit f12 every time you need compatibility view?

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