Are the Internet Explorer Web Controls IE only?

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Recently, I came across a set of Internet Explorer Web Controls from Microsoft. These look to me to be older controls from the pre-standards era of Microsoft's asp.net development. I'm curious as to whether or not these controls work well with modern browsers, or if they're basically IE only. I know it says it will render to "downlevel" browser, but it seems to indicate that "any browser other than IE" is a downlevel browser.

Are there a modern set of controls from MS?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 29 '10 at 00:13

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I wouldn't recommend using these - they aren't supported by Microsoft anymore and all the samples are on GotDotNet, which has been shutdown.

You'd have better luck developing with a more recent version of the .NET Framework.

answered Aug 29 '10 at 00:13

Nathan DeWitt

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 29 '10 at 00:24

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THe four control provided (MultiPage, TabStrip, Toolbar, and TreeView) could be done using something like JQuery UI.

answered Aug 29 '10 at 00:24

cofiem

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There are any number of ways to make things look pretty on the client. JQuery UI doesn't create server controls. – Erik Funkenbusch Aug 29 '10 at 01:01
However, your answer got me to thinking that you could certainly encapsulate jquery ui in server side controls. This lead me to find DJ JQuery which does just that. Very nice. – Erik Funkenbusch Aug 29 '10 at 01:15

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 13 '12 at 00:38

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TreeView doesn't work properly in Chrome.

(the tree displays fine, but expand/collapse actions don't work)

answered Aug 13 '12 at 00:38

John Fouhy

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Are the Internet Explorer Web Controls IE only?

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