htmlinternet-explorer-9x-ua-compatible

Should the X-UA-Compatible meta tag come before or after the charset tag

I need to force IE9 to use its standards mode, and have the following HTML:

<!doctype html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=9">

Is it correct to have the <meta charset="utf-8"> tag appear before the X-UA-Compatible tag?

Solution

  • The X-UA-Compatible header isn't case sensitive; however, it must appear in the header of the webpage (the HEAD section) before all other elements except for the title element and other meta elements.

    Source: Specifying Legacy Document Modes