I am testing css with conditional comments on internet explorer 9 using emulation mode, however it seems to render the css on screen as text. why is this happening?
<!--[if IE]>
.path2 {
font-weight:300;
}
<![endif]-->
Because conditional comments are rendered as HTML, not CSS. So if you want styles, you have to add a style tag:
<!--[if IE]>
<style type="text/css">
.path2 {
font-weight:300;
}
</style>
<![endif]-->
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How can I have CSS conditions based on the browser?
Just for example if the browser is IE:
div{
[if IE ] background-color: yellow;
}
Thanks
I found this page useful for selecting/isolating different browsers (http://browserhacks.com/)
CSS is limited as it is not a programming language (it's a markup language)
If you are using a CSS preprocessing language like sass-lang, scss or less, you can get around that when you are in development. SASS Lang - CSS Preprocessing.
However, in your case, the condition is according to the browser type, (specifically IE).
Now there are some work arounds, such as Conditional Stylesheets [mentioned here CSS Tricks Conditional Stylesheets], or browser detection with javascript (on the front end, but this is considered bad practice).
The Caveat of Conditional Stylesheets is that it is applicable for IE 9 and under (the compatibility was removed for IE10)
Another thing you should also consider is whether you want to provide conditional stylesheets from your backend (and based on your request header, you can determine the browser type).
Syntax for conditional CSS:
IE-6 ONLY
* html #div {
height: 300px;
}
IE-7 ONLY
*+html #div {
height: 300px;
}
IE-8 ONLY
#div {
height: 300px\0/;
}
IE-7 & IE-8
#div {
height: 300px\9;
}
NON IE-7 ONLY:
#div {
_height: 300px;
}
Hide from IE 6 and LOWER:
#div {
height/**/: 300px;
}
html > body #div {
height: 300px;
}
OR you can create two different css files one for IE specific and other one is common for other browsers.
If browser is not IE 6:
<!--[if !IE 6]><!-->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen, projection" href="REGULAR-STYLESHEET.css" />
<!--<![endif]-->
If browser is greater than IE 7:
<!--[if gte IE 7]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen, projection" href="REGULAR-STYLESHEET.css" />
<![endif]-->
If browser is less than IE 6:
<!--[if lte IE 6]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen, projection" href="http://universal-ie6-css.googlecode.com/files/ie6.0.3.css" />
<![endif]-->
I have a code:
.cl_Label{
float:left;
width:25%;
margin-right:0.5em;
padding-top:0.2em;
text-align:right;
font-weight:bold;
}
it's work in chrome but, ie 11 a property width not work correctly. I try:
<!--[if lte IE 8]>
<link href="../css/only-ie.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<![endif]-->
but the css file not load.
What should I do? Tnks
Conditional Comments are no longer available for IE 11. MS has dropped conditional comments as of IE10. You can check from here
I have following css selector
body
{
margin: 0;
font-family: "Arial" ;
font-size: 18px;
line-height: 25px;
}
I want to write condition that if the browser is IE then change the line-height to 10px
I searched one similar question here but when i add the condition like mentioned in the question
it throws syntax error Missing property name before colon(:). I followed question and modified code like
.bodyClass
{
margin: 0;
font-family: "Arial";
font-size: 18px;
line-height: 25px;
<!--[if IE 6]>
line-height: 10px;
<![endif]-->
}
How to write the conditional statement inside css selector? I dont want to create different style sheets for IE and rest of browsers
If you don't want to create separate stylesheets then you have two alternatives.
IE conditional comments
Use conditional comments to give classes to the <html> tag, for example:
<!--[if lt IE 7]> <html class="ie ie6 lte9 lte8 lte7"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7]> <html class="ie ie7 lte9 lte8 lte7"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 8]> <html class="ie ie8 lte9 lte8"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 9]> <html class="ie ie9 lte9"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if gt IE 9]> <html> <![endif]-->
<!--[if !IE]><!--> <html> <!--<![endif]-->
This way you can then use nice self-describing selectors like this in your CSS:
html.ie6 .bodyClass { line-height: 10px}
CSS hacks
Another option is to use appropriate CSS hacks to target the browsers you are interested in. The advantage of this approach is that it can be done without touching the HTML/DOM at all. One specific hack that targets only IE 6 while still being syntactically valid CSS is:
.bodyClass { _line-height: 10px; /* hack targeting IE 6 only */ }
If you do decide to use CSS hacks, please make sure to accompany them with comments that describe what they do to help future maintainers.
Try this out:
*line-height:10px; //* is hack for IE7
line-height:10px\0/; //\0/ is hack for IE8
line-height:10px\9; //\9 is hack for IE9
//below is the hack for chrome and safari browsers
#media screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:0)
{
line-height:10px;
}
You can write them inside headers and there join a stylesheet such as
<!--[if IE 6]>
<link href="~/folder/file.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<![endif]-->
Else if you can use a serverside such as ASP.NET and by Using Request.Browser check whether if its IE and change the style.
Try <!--[if lte IE 6]>
Or you could try the opposite and add the line height as 10 then use
<!--[if !IE]>-->
do something; IE will ignore this, other browsers parse it
<!--<![endif]-->
to set the line height for other browsers.
Below is a link to Supporting IE with CSS
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/supporting-ie-with-conditional-comments/
Another Useful site is http://css3please.com/ which shows you the different CSS for IE, Chrome and Firefox. It also allows you to edit the site in real time.
#testdiv
{
height:300px;
width:100%;
line-height:50px;
line-height:100px\9;
}
Demo Fiddle
I've a test.css file with the following styles:
....
#body
{
font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;
font-size:10pt;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
div#inscreenalertcontainer
{
margin:32px;
padding:16px;
width:100%;
}
....
For IE the attribute width:100%; is necessary in div#inscreenalertcontainer.
For other browsers this attribute is not required.
Is there any way to do this in test.css with some conditional operators?
Since there are around 100 css files, I dont want to create another 100 css files, specific to IE, just to change one property.
Or is it possible to change in JSP itself.
Here is my JSP code:
<body>
<div id="InScreenAlertContainer">
<table class="inScreenAlert">
<tr valign="top">
....
....
</body>
Use Conditional Comments:
<!--[if IE]>
<style>
div#inscreenalertcontainer
{
margin:32px;
padding:16px;
width:100%;
/*plus other IE specific rules*/
}
</style>
<![endif]-->
This is programmed into all versions of Internet Explorer to serve specific instructions for these browsers. No other browser will pick up on it, it's the best way to tell IE to do something else than what's in the original CSS.
If the parameter doesn't hurt the other browsers you can leave it there.
Or use this to apply it to IE only:
http://css-tricks.com/how-to-create-an-ie-only-stylesheet/
You can choose for the stylesheet hack or conditional comment (html) to target IE and add a
<style>div#inscreenalertcontainer {width:100%}</style>
in your head tags
add this one to your webpage's header section.
and here is a very good link to see more http://www.quirksmode.org/css/condcom.html
<!--[if IE]>
div#inscreenalertcontainer
{
margin:32px;
padding:16px;
width:100%;
}
<![endif]-->
A common way to target IE is to change your html markup to this :
<!--[if lt IE 7 ]> <html class="ie6"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7 ]> <html class="ie7"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 8 ]> <html class="ie8"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 9 ]> <html class="ie9"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if (gt IE 9)|!(IE)]><!--> <html class=""> <!--<![endif]-->
And then in your css you can just write :
.ie #inscreenalertcontainer {
width: 100%;
}
This technique will allow you to keep your code readable and tidy.
I tried putting the IE conditional in a CSS file, but that didn't appear to work. Is there a construct for CSS so you can tell it to use this background color if the browser is IE? I also couldn't find anything on if then else conditionals, does it exist? Can someone provide an example.
The IE conditional(s) go in the HTML, and should be used to include an additional CSS file that will overwrite CSS as needed for IE hacks.
Example:
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#import url(/styles.css);
</style>
<!--[if lte IE 6]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ie6.css" />
<![endif]-->
</head>
I've taken my cue from jQuery and use my conditional formatting to create container elements
<body class="center">
<!--[if IE 5]><div id="ie5" class="ie"><![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 6]><div id="ie6" class="ie"><![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7]><div id="ie7" class="ie"><![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 8]><div id="ie8" class="ie"><![endif]-->
<div class="site text-left">
</div>
<!--[if IE]></div><![endif]-->
</body>
then I can put the conditional information in css like such
.site { width:500px; }
.ie .site { width:400px; }
#ie5 .site { width:300px; }
There's no such conditionals in CSS, but you can use the "Holly hack" if the differences between various versions of IE aren't significant:
div.class { /* whatever */ }
* html div.class { /* IE-only */ }
The [conditional comments](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537512(VS.85).aspx) are HTML comments and thus cannot be used in a CSS context.
If you want to aim specific CSS rules just to IE, you have to use CSS hacks.
I would recommend to use something similar to the solution proposed by bendewey, but go for conditional classes around the html tag instead. As far as I know this was first mentioned in Paul Irish's Blog ( http://paulirish.com/2008/conditional-stylesheets-vs-css-hacks-answer-neither/ )
<!--[if lt IE 7 ]> <html class="ie6"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7 ]> <html class="ie7"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 8 ]> <html class="ie8"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 9 ]> <html class="ie9"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if (gt IE 9)|!(IE)]><!--> <html class=""> <!--<![endif]-->
and then in the css you use:
.box {background: blue;}
.ie7 .box {background: green;}
This has some advantages in comparison to the solution using an extra div. For the details check the post above.