Question

What is the rendering engine of the web browser control?

Answer
The web browser control uses the rendering engine of IE7. If you want to change the rendering engine version to IE11 equivalent, please make the following settings.

*)If you want to change the settings, please do so only if you are okay with changing the registry values.
  1. Please download the REG file for configuration.
  2. Unzip the downloaded file and run the appropriate REG file for your OS Bit.
    • For 32Bit OS: Execute WEBBrowser_32bit.reg
    • For 64Bit OS: Execute WEBBrowser_64bit.reg

*)You will need administrator privileges to run it.

It is also possible to change the rendering engine version to any version you want.In this case, open the REG file with a text editor such as Notepad and change the value set in dword (00002af9 is set as default). The setting values are as follows

Setting valueVer.
00002af9Internet Explorer 11, Edge mode
00002af8Internet Explorer 11
00002711Internet Explorer 10, Standards mode
00002710Internet Explorer 10 (!If DOCTYPE is specified, it will be in Standards mode)
0000270fInternet Explorer 9, Standards mode
00002710Internet Explorer 9 (!If DOCTYPE is specified, it will be in Standards mode)
000022b8Internet Explorer 8, Standards mode
00001f40Internet Explorer 8 (!If DOCTYPE is specified, it will be in Standards mode)
00001b58Internet Explorer 7 (!If DOCTYPE is specified, it will be in Standards mode)
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