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Created by clerum on Jun 8, 2009 3:09 PM. Last modified by jbalunas on Jan 6, 2010 11:56 AM.

    If you need to force Internet Explorer 8 into Compatibility mode a tag exists to do this in the page meta-data

     

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

     

    However if any <script> or <link> tags are placed before this tag in the page <head>, IE8 will ignore the tag. Currently Richfaces 3.3.1 GA inserts such tags immediately after the <head> tag. There isn't currently a way to control the order Richfaces inserts these tags this but a JIRA exists to change the behavior. https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-7344

     

     

    A workaround for this is to insert a value into the http response header. This can be accomplished in seam with the pages.xml file

     

    This example would apply this on every page.

     

     

    <page view-id="*">

         <header name="X-UA-Compatible">IE=EmulateIE7</header>

            <navigation>

                <rule if-outcome="home">

                    <redirect view-id="/home.xhtml"/>

                </rule>

            </navigation>  

    </page>

     

     

    Or on an individual page.

     

    <page view-id="/admin/user_edit.xhtml">

         <header name="X-UA-Compatible">IE=EmulateIE7</header>

         <description>Edit User</description>

    </page>