Force IE8 Into IE7 Compatiblity Mode

Question

Is there a way to force IE8 into IE7 compatibility mode using .NET or Javascript?

Answer 1

I might have found it now. http://blog.lroot.com/articles/the-ie7-compatibility-tag-force-ie8-to-use-the-ie7-rendering-mode/

The site says adding this meta tag:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7">

or adding this to .htaccess

Header set X-UA-Compatible: IE=EmulateIE7 

Answer 2

If you add this to your meta tags:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />

IE8 will render the page like IE7.

Answer 3

There is an HTTP header you can set that will force IE8 to use IE7-compatibility mode.