IE mode on Edge browser

Learn how to use the Edge browser’s Internet Explorer mode to test your websites in BrowserStack Automate.

Some websites are designed to run with Internet Explorer and have features that are not supported by current browsers such as Microsoft Edge. You can use Internet Explorer Mode in Microsoft Edge to access one of these sites.

The following table explains the OS and Browser compatibility for using the IE mode:

OS	Edge Version	Selenium Version	IE Version
Windows 11	80+	4.0.0+	11
Windows 10	80+	4.0.0+	11
Windows 8.1	80 to 109	4.0.0+	11
Windows 7	80 to 109	4.0.0+	11

This feature is supported from Selenium version 4 and higher. If the Selenium version is set lower than 4.x, your tests will fail.
This feature is supported exclusively with Internet Explorer version 11. It is not supported on other browsers.

If you are using BrowserStack SDK, you can set the following capabilities in the browserstack.yml file:

Capabilities	Expected values
`ie.edgechromium`	Set `true` to enable IE mode This capability needs to be specifically declared within `se:ieOptions:`.
`edgeVersion`	`80`+ for `Windows 10` & `Windows 11` `80` to `109` for `Windows 8.1` & `Windows 7` This is an optional capability. If the `edgeVersion` capability is not specifically mentioned, the latest supported Edge version is selected.

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For legacy integration set the following capabilities in your test script:

Capabilities	Expected values
`ie.edgechromium`	Set `true` to enable IE mode This capability needs to be specifically declared within `se:ieOptions:`.
`edgeVersion`	`80`+ for `Windows 10` & `Windows 11` `80` to `109` for `Windows 8.1` & `Windows 7` This is an optional capability. If the `edgeVersion` capability is not specifically mentioned, the latest supported Edge version is selected.

MutableCapabilities capabilities = new MutableCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability("browserName", "IE");
HashMap<String, Object> browserstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();
browserstackOptions.put("os", "Windows");
browserstackOptions.put("osVersion", "10");
browserstackOptions.put("browserVersion", "11.0");
browserstackOptions.put("edgeVersion", "115.0");
capabilities.setCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);
InternetExplorerOptions ieOptions = new InternetExplorerOptions();
ieOptions.attachToEdgeChrome();
capabilities.setCapability("se:ieOptions", ieOptions);

var capabilities = {
	'bstack:options': {
      "os" : "windows",
      "osVersion": 10,
      "seleniumVersion": "4.8.0",
      "browserVersion": 11,
      "edgeVersion": 115,
      "ie": {
        driver: "4.0.0",
      },
      browser: "internet explorer",
      "buildName": "IEMode Compat NetworkLogs",
      networkLogs: true,
      edgeVersion: "118.0"
    },
    browserName: "internet explorer",
    'se:ieOptions': {
      'ie.edgechromium': true,
    }
  }

InternetExplorerOptions capabilities = new InternetExplorerOptions();
Dictionary<string, object> browserstackOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>();
browserstackOptions.Add("os", "Windows");
browserstackOptions.Add("osVersion", "10");
browserstackOptions.Add("browserVersion", "11.0");
browserstackOptions.Add("edgeVersion", "115");
browserstackOptions.Add("browserName", "IE");
capabilities.AddAdditionalOption("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);
var ieOptions = new InternetExplorerOptions();
ieOptions.AttachToEdgeChrome = true;
capabilities.AddAdditionalOption("se:ieOptions", ieOptions);

$caps = array(
	'bstack:options' => {
		"platformName" => "Windows",
		"osVersion" => "11",
		"ie.edgechromium" => "true"
	},
	"browserName" => "IE",
	"browserVersion" => "11",
	"edgeVersion" => "115",
	"se:ieOptions" => {
        "ie.edgechromium" => true,
    }
)

desired_cap = {
	'bstack:options' : {
		"platformName" : "Windows",
		"osVersion" : "11",
		"ie.edgechromium" : "true"
	},
	"browserName" : "IE",
	"browserVersion" : "11",
	"edgeVersion" : "115",
	"se:ieOptions" : {
        "ie.edgechromium" : "true",
    }
}

capabilities = {
	'bstack:options' => {
		"platformName" => "Windows",
		"osVersion" => "11",
	},
	"browserName" => "IE",
	"browserVersion" => "11",
	"edgeVersion" => "115",
    "se:ieOptions" => {
        "ie.edgechromium" => true,
    }
}

For legacy integration set the following capabilities in your test script:

Capabilities	Expected values
`ie.edgechromium`	Set `true` to enable IE mode This capability needs to be specifically declared within `se:ieOptions:`.
`browserstack.edgeVersion`	`80`+ for `Windows 10` & `Windows 11` `80` to `109` for `Windows 8.1` & `Windows 7` This is an optional capability. If the `edgeVersion` capability is not specifically mentioned, the latest supported Edge version is selected.

DesiredCapabilities caps = new DesiredCapabilities();
caps.setCapability("os", "Windows");
caps.setCapability("os_version", "10");
caps.setCapability("browser", "IE");
caps.setCapability("browser_version", "11.0");
caps.setCapability("browserstack.edgeVersion", "115");
InternetExplorerOptions ieOptions = new InternetExplorerOptions();
ieOptions.attachToEdgeChrome();
capabilities.setCapability("se:ieOptions", ieOptions);

var capabilities = {
  "os" : "Windows",
  "os_version" : "10",
  "browserName" : "IE",
  "browser_version" : "11.0",
  "browserstack.edgeVersion" : "115",
  "se:ieOptions": {
    "ie.edgechromium": true,
}
}

InternetExplorerOptions capability = new InternetExplorerOptions();
capability.AddAdditionalCapability("os", "Windows", true);
capability.AddAdditionalCapability("os_version", "10", true);
capability.AddAdditionalCapability("browser", "IE", true);
capability.AddAdditionalCapability("browser_version", "11.0", true);
capability.AddAdditionalCapability("browserstack.edgeVersion", "115", true);
var ieOptions = new InternetExplorerOptions();
ieOptions.AttachToEdgeChrome = true;
capabilities.AddAdditionalOption("se:ieOptions", ieOptions);

$caps["os"] = "windows"
$caps["os_version"] = '11'
$caps["browser"] = "IE"
$caps["browser_version"] = "11"
$caps["browserstack.edgeVersion"] = "115"
$caps["se:ieOptions"] = {"ie.edgechromium" => "true"}

caps["os"] = "windows"
caps["os_version"] = '11'
caps["browser"] = "IE"
caps["browser_version"] = "11"
caps["browserstack.edgeVersion"] = "115"
caps["se:ieOptions"] = {"ie.edgechromium" => "true"}

caps["os"] = "windows"
caps["os_version"] = '11'
caps["browser"] = "IE"
caps["browser_version"] = "11"
caps["se:ieOptions"] = {"ie.edgechromium" => "true"}

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