Internet Explorer displaying XML attributes in random order
internet-explorer, internet-explorer-10, xml
Solution
Attributes are unordered as defined by the xml standard.
from the standard:
Note that the order of attribute specifications in a start-tag or empty-element tag is not significant.
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-starttags
If you require order in attributes you are going to have to change your markup. I suggest something like the following:
<ApplicationVersion>
<attribute name="major">2</attribute>
<attribute name="minor">2</attribute>
<attribute name="build">687</attribute>
</ApplicationVersion>
links: Order of XML attributes after DOM processing Can I enforce the order of XML attributes using a schema?
Problem
i am opening an `xml` file in Internet Explorer (9, Windows 7 64-bit). Internet Explorer likes to display element attributes in random order, e.g.: rather than in declared order: ``` <ApplicationVersion major="2" minor="2" release="12" build="687">2.2.12.687</ApplicationVersion> ``` e.g.: Or rather than: Is there an element, attribute, xml-dtd, xml-schema, Internet Explorer option, Windows option anywhere that will instruct IE to display the XML in declared, rather than random order?