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Copper Contributor

Nov 13, 2019

IE Mode popup problem

I'm using Edge Beta v79.0.309.18 on Windows 10 1909 x64. I've managed to enable IE Mode and it works great. However whenever i click on a link that opens a popup in IE Mode, that main tab and popup ...

Moaske
Dec 10, 2019
Shilpa_Subramanian I have just tried it on our intranet sites with the latest Insider build (19037.1) with Edge Dev 80.0.358.0 and all the required

edge://flags

all set and the test mode string added to the launch shortcut:

--ie-mode-test

and I can confirm it behaves as expected now:
A link with 'target=_blank' specified will now really open the link in a new IE mode tab, loading the webpage as expected. No longer resulting in an empty tab with 'about:_blank' staring at me from the address bar... Thanks! Great work!

Going forward; will this fix uniquely require the forthcoming 2004 Update? Or will the fix eventually also be rolled out to IE installs on older builds as well? Through the monthly patches maybe?

Moaske

Brass Contributor

Hi Shilpa_Subramanian
Could you keep us informed on if you have been able to reproduce this problem and subsequently it's status for fixing it?

Thanks! Marco

Shilpa_Subramanian

Microsoft

Dec 06, 2019

Moaske UmutG Thanks for your patience. We've made some improvements in the IE code for this issue. Internet Explorer fixes will ship as part of the OS update early next year. In the meantime, can you validate on the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview builds - https://insider.windows.com/en-us/how-to-pc/#install-windows-10-insider-preview.

Moaske
Brass Contributor
Dec 10, 2019
Hi Shilpa_Subramanian Would using the IE Mode testmode be enough to test this? I guess it doesn't make a difference how/why IE Mode was triggered, right? (got some policy issues on the work machine and of course it doesn't have and Insider build).
My Insider machine is on the very latest build right now
- Moaske
  Brass Contributor
  Dec 10, 2019
  Shilpa_Subramanian I have just tried it on our intranet sites with the latest Insider build (19037.1) with Edge Dev 80.0.358.0 and all the required
  
  edge://flags
  
  all set and the test mode string added to the launch shortcut:
  
  --ie-mode-test
  
  and I can confirm it behaves as expected now:
  A link with 'target=_blank' specified will now really open the link in a new IE mode tab, loading the webpage as expected. No longer resulting in an empty tab with 'about:_blank' staring at me from the address bar... Thanks! Great work!
  
  Going forward; will this fix uniquely require the forthcoming 2004 Update? Or will the fix eventually also be rolled out to IE installs on older builds as well? Through the monthly patches maybe?
  - Shilpa_Subramanian
    Microsoft
    Dec 10, 2019
    Moaske That's great, thanks for validating!
    
    The fix will be shipped through monthly patches to older builds as well.