Can't switch on designMode in Internet Explorer

Posted by Charles Anderson on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Charles Anderson
Published on 2010-05-17T15:55:56Z Indexed on 2010/05/17 16:00 UTC
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The following code works in Firefox 3.6, but not in Internet Explorer 8:

<html>
<head>
   <title>Example</title>
   <script type="text/javascript">
      function init() {
         alert(document.designMode);
         document.designMode = "on";
         alert(document.designMode);
      }
   </script>
</head>
<body onload="init()">
</body>
</html>

In FF the alerts show 'off', then 'on'; in IE they're both 'Off'.

What am I doing wrong?

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