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Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7

This topic of the Internet Explorer 10 Guide for Developers explains the differences between Internet Explorer 10 running on Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 10 running on Windows 8. All differences involve touch and pen input APIs.

This topic contains the following sections:

  • UA string changes
  • DOM events
  • CSS properties
  • DOM properties
  • Simulating hover on touch-enabled devices
  • Related topics

UA string changes

While Internet Explorer 10 introduces the "Touch" UA string token to identify touch-enabled systems, it's only generated when the user's system is running Windows 8 (or later). For instance, the following UA string will be transmitted on a touch-enabled system running Windows 8:

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.2; Trident/6.0; Touch)

Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7 will never report a UA string with the "Touch" token. This is the user-agent string for Internet Explorer 10 running on Windows 7:

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/6.0)

For more info, see User-agent string.

DOM events

Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7 handles touch and pen input as simulated mouse input for the following Document Object Model (DOM) events:

Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7 will not fire any of the following DOM events:

Gesture events:

Manipulation state event:

CSS properties

Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7 doesn't support these Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) properties:

Scrolling properties:

Zooming properties:

Touch behavior property:

Scroll snap points properties:

Zooming snap points properties:

DOM properties

In Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7, the following DOM touch-related APIs behave differently:

  • The msMaxTouchPoints property always returns a value of "0" in Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7, regardless of the device's capabilities.
  • The MSGesture object is undefined.

Simulating hover on touch-enabled devices

In Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8, you can use the aria-haspopup DOM property to simulate mouse hover functionality in touch-based scenarios. You can read more about this behavior in Using aria-haspopup to simulate hover on touch-enabled devices.

This use for aria-haspopup is not supported in Windows 7. Adding "aria-haspopup="true"" to an element doesn't simulate mouse hover in Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7. However, the aria-haspopup property is still supported for reporting accessibility information to assistive technologies.

Compatibility

Internet Explorer 10 Guide for Developers