compatMode property
[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]
Gets a value that indicates whether standards-compliant mode is switched on for the object.
Syntax
HRESULT value = object.get_compatMode(BSTR* p);
Property values
Type: BSTR
BackCompat
Standards-compliant mode is not switched on.
CSS1Compat
Standards-compliant mode is switched on.
Remarks
When standards-compliant mode is switched on (also called "strict mode"), Windows Internet Explorer displays the document according to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) standard. When standards-compliant mode is not switched on (also called "quirks mode"), the document is displayed as it was displayed in previous versions of Internet Explorer.
The IHTMLDocument5::compatMode property is deprecated in Windows Internet Explorer 8 in favor of the IHTMLDocument6::documentMode property.
With Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and later, you switch on standards-compliant mode by including the !DOCTYPE declaration at the top of your document, specifying a valid !DOCTYPE in the declaration, and in some cases, specifying the !DOCTYPE or !DOCTYPE. The !DOCTYPE element specifies the unique name of the Document Type Definition (DTD), and can be appended with the version number of the DTD. The !DOCTYPE element specifies the definition of the DTD that is specified in the !DOCTYPE. The !DOCTYPE element specifies the location of the DTD.
See also
Reference
Other Resources
CSS Enhancements in Internet Explorer 6
Build date: 6/12/2012