I'm trying to disable the address bar in IE9. I've done a significant amount of searching on this and just can't seem to find a way to make it happen. A lot of web resources discuss how to do it in IE8, but not IE9.
The reason you might ask? I have an application being hosted in a remote desktop farm that links to web pages outside of the application into Internet Explorer. I need to ensure users are limited to just going to the pages the program pushes them to. I realize I could use a proxy server to limit where they can go, but I'm trying to find a really simple way to just disable the address bar instead.
I can't use Kiosk mode because it puts the browser into full screen mode. This won't work for my situation as I need to give users what appears to be a regular browsing experience without an address bar.
Best Answer
If you control the application, you have a couple of options.
If it's web-based, you could launch the URL without a location to menubar using a JavaScript link like:
Window open() Method
However, depending on the zone (Internet, Local Intranet, or Trusted) the pages are located, this may or may not be allowed by default. You can either add the sites to the Trusted Sites list, where the default is to allow, or change the setting 'Allow websites to open windows without address or status bars' to Enable under your Trusted Site Security Settings.
If it's not web-based, you could use the above or a WebBrowser object embedded in the application (or a similar object as implemented in whatever language/framework you are using).