I came across an issue today where Internet Explorer was rendering my development environment in IE7 emulation mode.
Turns out this was because I was running the site on http://exampledev (as opposed to http://localhost, what I usually use). Internet Explorer then decides it must be an intranet site (thus assuming it is old) and runs it in compatibility mode.
To disable this behaviour:
- Go to the Settings Cog > Compatibility View settings.
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Uncheck the “Display intranet sites in Compatibility View”
- If you do require some intranet sites to run in Compatibility View, you can add them in the “Add this website” box above.
- Click “Close” and the page will automatically reload in the default Edge mode.
More information about Compatibility View from Microsoft here.
