Json response download in IE(7~10)
You will need to return the json as text/html since IE does not know what to do with application/json contents..
return Json(myObject, "text/html");Not sure but it might work (and it would be more correct if it does) to use text/x-json
return Json(myObject, "text/x-json");
Even though this question is a few months old, I thought I'll add one more suggestion, just in case anyone else is using ASP.NET MVC 3 or 4 and runs into this problem.
In my experience, when IE attempts to download the Json response as a file all you have to do to correct the problem is to add a reference to jquery.unobtrusive to your view.
for example:
@Scripts.Render("~/Scripts/jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.min.js")Once this is in place IE will no longer try to download the json response from a JsonResult controller action. No need to change the response type etc..