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# Display Zone Information within Internet Explorer
- URL: https://www.techielass.com/display-zone-information-within-ie/
- Published: 2017-01-24T06:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-03-13T12:09:53.000Z
- Author: Sarah Lean
- Tags: Tip

When Microsoft released Internet Explorer 4.0 they introduced a feature called security zones. Security zones are like invisible fences that helps prevent web-based applications from performing unauthorized actions within your web browser. During a web browser's operation it checks the websites that you browse to see what security zone it is a member of. If a site you've visited is a member of one of the zones, then your browser will apply that zone's security permissions to the interactions with that site. Unfortunately sometimes a security zone can hamper a legitimate website's functionality. To help identify which security zone the website is a member of you can use a handy keyboard shortcut within Internet Explorer to display the information. When you are within Internet Explorer press the keys **Alt + F + R** together and a popup box will display with information relating to the website. As you can see from the example below the BBC's website is classed as being within the Internet security zone.  
![zoneinfo](https://storage.ghost.io/c/08/96/08960c71-63a2-449b-91b1-8d4628166dd2/content/images/2021/03/zoneinfo.jpg)  
This information can be used to help understand why the website is not displaying correctly and modify the zone that it is a member of to help it display correctly.