http-headerswebsphereinternet-explorer-11ie-compatibility-mode

Configure websphere to send java web pages compatible to IE 11


We have legacy java web application running on WebSphere Apllication server 8.0. Required to make compatible with IE11 with minimal changes. Instead of doing changes in each JSP which makes lot of effort and time, we wanted to go ahead with applications level compatibility settings changes to work them in IE11. any suggestions to do so at server level which adds the header part of each request made like this shown below( setting done for .Net applications) Override intranet compatibility mode IE8


Solution

  • If you have http server (Apache/IHS in front of WAS) then you can use solution provided in the link, otherwise you could write a ServletFilter and add that header in the filter.

    UPDATE
    For IHS add the following in httpd.conf (for details check Apache httpd configuration for IE7 standard mode rendering in IE8):