Infopath Browsers compatibility
Web browsers that are compatible with InfoPath Forms Services
= Full support 
= Partial support 
= No support
Note If a specific browser version is not listed in the following table, it is not supported. For example, there is no support for older browsers, including Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 5.5.x, Internet Explorer for Macintosh, and versions of third-party browsers that are earlier than the ones that are listed in the following table. Although it is possible that browser-enabled forms may function correctly in these browsers, browser-enabled forms have been tested only with the browser versions that are listed in the following table.
The following table shows the specific browsers that are compatible with InfoPath Forms Services.
| Browser | Windows 1 | Unix/Linux | Macintosh |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (32-bit) | |
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| Windows Internet Explorer 7.0 (32-bit) | |
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| Firefox 1.5 | |
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| Mozilla 1.7 | |
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| Netscape 7.2 | |
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| Netscape 8.1 | |
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| Safari 2.0 | |
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1Includes Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows XP, and Microsoft Windows 2000.
Support for form controls
You can use the following table to determine whether a particular InfoPath control is supported by InfoPath Forms Services.
In some cases, even if the control is supported by InfoPath Forms Services, it may not work the same way in all browsers. For example, you can use rich text boxes in browser-compatible form templates. However, users only see the full range of rich text formatting options when they fill out the form in Internet Explorer.
Similarly, when users view a form in a mobile device browser, some controls appear differently than they do in a desktop browser, and some controls are ignored completely. For example, although you can use a file attachment control in a browser-compatible form template, this control will not appear when the form is viewed in a mobile device browser. For more information about optimizing form templates for use on mobile devices, refer to the See Also links at the top of this article.
= Full support = Partial support = No support
| InfoPath 2007 control | Desktop browsers | Mobile device browsers |
| Text box | |
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| Check box | |
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| Button | |
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| Expression box | |
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| List box | |
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| Drop-down list box | |
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| Repeating section | |
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| Hyperlink | |
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| Option button | |
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| Optional section | |
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| Repeating table | |
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| File attachment control | |
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| Date picker 1 | |
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| Rich text box 2 | |
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| ActiveX control | |
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| Bulleted list control | |
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| Choice group | |
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| Choice section | |
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| Combo box | |
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| Horizontal repeating table | |
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| Horizontal region | |
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| Ink picture control | |
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| Master/detail control | |
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| Multiple-selection list box | |
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| Numbered list control | |
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| Picture control | |
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| Plain list control | |
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| Repeating choice group | |
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| Repeating recursive section | |
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| Scrolling region | |
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| Vertical label | |
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1Although you can use date pickers in a browser-compatible form template, the calendar icon and pop-up calendar appear only in supported versions of Internet Explorer. In other browsers, the date picker appears as a text box, but the date formatting options are still supported.
2You cannot enable embedded pictures or specify partial rich-text formatting options for rich text box controls in a browser-compatible form template. Also, the full range of rich text formatting options are available only in supported versions of Internet Explorer. It is possible for users to edit text in a rich text box in any supported browser, but formatting options are unavailable, including changing the text color and applying character formatting.
Web browsers that are compatible with InfoPath Forms Services
= Full support = Partial support = No support
Note If a specific browser version is not listed in the following table, it is not supported. For example, there is no support for older browsers, including Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 5.5.x, Internet Explorer for Macintosh, and versions of third-party browsers that are earlier than the ones that are listed in the following table. Although it is possible that browser-enabled forms may function correctly in these browsers, browser-enabled forms have been tested only with the browser versions that are listed in the following table.
The following table shows the specific browsers that are compatible with InfoPath Forms Services.
| Browser | Windows 1 | Unix/Linux | Macintosh |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (32-bit) | |
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| Windows Internet Explorer 7.0 (32-bit) | |
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| Firefox 1.5 | |
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| Mozilla 1.7 | |
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| Netscape 7.2 | |
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| Netscape 8.1 | |
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| Safari 2.0 | |
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1Includes Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows XP, and Microsoft Windows 2000.
Support for form controls
You can use the following table to determine whether a particular InfoPath control is supported by InfoPath Forms Services.
In some cases, even if the control is supported by InfoPath Forms Services, it may not work the same way in all browsers. For example, you can use rich text boxes in browser-compatible form templates. However, users only see the full range of rich text formatting options when they fill out the form in Internet Explorer.
Similarly, when users view a form in a mobile device browser, some controls appear differently than they do in a desktop browser, and some controls are ignored completely. For example, although you can use a file attachment control in a browser-compatible form template, this control will not appear when the form is viewed in a mobile device browser. For more information about optimizing form templates for use on mobile devices, refer to the See Also links at the top of this article.
= Full support = Partial support = No support
| InfoPath 2007 control | Desktop browsers | Mobile device browsers |
| Text box | |
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| Check box | |
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| Button | |
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| Expression box | |
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| List box | |
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| Drop-down list box | |
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| Repeating section | |
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| Hyperlink | |
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| Option button | |
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| Optional section | |
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| Repeating table | |
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| File attachment control | |
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| Date picker 1 | |
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| Rich text box 2 | |
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| ActiveX control | |
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| Bulleted list control | |
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| Choice group | |
|
| Choice section | |
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| Combo box | |
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| Horizontal repeating table | |
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| Horizontal region | |
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| Ink picture control | |
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| Master/detail control | |
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| Multiple-selection list box | |
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| Numbered list control | |
|
| Picture control | |
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| Plain list control | |
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| Repeating choice group | |
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| Repeating recursive section | |
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| Scrolling region | |
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| Vertical label | |
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1Although you can use date pickers in a browser-compatible form template, the calendar icon and pop-up calendar appear only in supported versions of Internet Explorer. In other browsers, the date picker appears as a text box, but the date formatting options are still supported.
2You cannot enable embedded pictures or specify partial rich-text formatting options for rich text box controls in a browser-compatible form template. Also, the full range of rich text formatting options are available only in supported versions of Internet Explorer. It is possible for users to edit text in a rich text box in any supported browser, but formatting options are unavailable, including changing the text color and applying character formatting.
