Ok solved it,
The code had an error in the column array. The error (an additional
, after the last column declaration) only affected IE because this browser was expecting a column.
In the call for a combogrid:
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columns:[[
{field:'id',title:'Id',width:80,hidden:true},
{field:'restUri',title:'RestUri',width:120,hidden:true},
{field:'identifier',title:'Identifier',width:120,hidden:true},
{field:'description',title:'Subject',width:150,sortable:true},
]],
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