Make sure the designMode attribute is exposed on non-HTML documents. On success, you will see a series of "PASS" messages, followed by "TEST COMPLETE". PASS xmlDocument.__proto__ is XMLDocument.prototype PASS xmlDocument.__proto__.__proto__ is Document.prototype PASS xmlDocument.designMode is "off" PASS xmlDocument.designMode = 'on' did not throw exception. PASS xmlDocument.designMode is "on" PASS successfullyParsed is true TEST COMPLETE