need help with <![if !IE]>

[dain]

Hi. As most of you probably know, its almost impossible to use the same CSS for every browser, so I had to make two, one for Netscape-based browsers, and a second one for IE-based browsers.That isnt too bad, but now I ran into another problem;I'm using this script to redirect the CSS depending on the browser:

  <![if !IE]>  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ffstylesheet.css" />  <![endif]>	<!--[if IE]>  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="iestylesheet.css" />  <![endif]-->

It works perfectly on both browsers, but its not valid XHTML! So I change it to:

  <!--[if !IE]>  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ffstylesheet.css" />  <![endif]-->	<!--[if IE]>  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="iestylesheet.css" />  <![endif]-->

And now its perfectly valid, but it wont load ANY CSS in Netscape.What do you think I should do?Thanks, dain

[actionsketch]

Well, I can't answer your question, but I can suggest a nice little hack for styles. When you have a style that you want to show up differently in IE, you just preceed it with a *.ex:margin-left: 20px;*margin-left: 22px;firefox will skip the * statement while IE takes the bait. Very handy

[dain]

it works, thanks, but it's not valid CSS, and I want it to be valid. Sorry i'm so strict about it.dain

[Webworldx]

Could just drop it into Javascript and write it that way?

[Guest FirefoxRocks]

Try using this:

<!--[if !IE]--> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ffstylesheet.css" /> <!--[endif]--><!--[if IE]> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="iestylesheet.css" /> <![endif]-->

[croatiankid]

There's also a small article about them here.

[webspider25]

Hi dain,Thanks for posting this code......as I was also facing the problem in running my css code on every browser.But now the issue with me is that I am not able to understand how its working.....as the code we are putting as commnmets which the browser shuld ignore.Than how its working???(I am sorry if I ma sounding stupid but I am new in all this).I need ur guide and help...bye

There's also a small article about them here.

[boen_robot]

Excuse me all, but... am I the only one that sees how old this topic is? It's so old IE7 beta wasn't out yet. Not to mention the poster hasn't been around since... (checking up)... 12th November 2005.

[Guest FirefoxRocks]

Hi dain,Thanks for posting this code......as I was also facing the problem in running my css code on every browser.But now the issue with me is that I am not able to understand how its working.....as the code we are putting as commnmets which the browser shuld ignore.Than how its working???(I am sorry if I ma sounding stupid but I am new in all this).I need ur guide and help...bye

That's the funny thing. Every other browser ignores the stuff except Internet Explorer reads the [if IE] or [if !IE] part. It is a hack around Internet Explorer.

[jlhaslip]

Excuse me all, but... am I the only one that sees how old this topic is? It's so old IE7 beta wasn't out yet. Not to mention the poster hasn't been around since... (checking up)... 12th November 2005.

Noticed that myself... last night. thought maybe the Database got re-set or some such thing...