<script> setTimeout(function() { var elem = document.getElementById("MSOZoneCell_WebPartWPQ2"); if(elem != null) { var dummyevent = new Array(); dummyevent["target"] = elem; dummyevent["srcElement"] = elem; WpClick(dummyevent); } }, 100); </script> The above script will invoke the ribbon by default in IE( for the specific webpart), incase if you added multiple webparts.