HTML Help

verlager · Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 4

I have a website that needs special code for IE7 and above. I want to insert a declaration in realtime into an inline style, based on an IE conditional test.

Code: <div style="margin-bottom:10px;

>"

But that isn't the correct syntax for inserting text/code using IE conditionals. I tried using javascript document.write but that simply echoed "document.write("margin-bottom:5px") literally. What to do?

sticks464 · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 2627

Conditional statements are meant for the head section. Give the div an id
Code: <div id="mydiv" style="margin-bottom:10px;

Then put the conditional statement as the last entry before the ending head tag
Code: 
</head>
This will affect all versions of IE including IE8 so you might want to specify which version you want

Code: <!--[if lte IE 7 ]>
will affect IE7 and older

Code: <!--[if IE 7 ]>
will affect only IE7

verlager · Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 4

I'm sure you're right, but I used the IE conditionals in the menu header portion of my web site and it worked perfectly.

Validation in xhtml 1.1 was another story, as a dozen errors popped up. I had to edit my code, not by escaping with "\", but choosing the safer path with "<" and ">". Notice the "div onclick" (!onClick) which means that anywhere else they right click returns them to the home page.

Code:
<div onclick="location.href='../index.shtml';" style="margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:0;
">

<br style="clear:both" />
</div>

I was unable to delete my post here. It says edit/delete but then I couldn't find how to delete it.

Ain't is funny that we're essentially coding to account for anomalies in three web browsers: gecko, webkit and IE ? And all I wanted to do was write code to W3C standards. No such luck. I don't want to lose 40% of my readers by redirecting IE 7+ clients to FF, but I just might, as the economy tanks here in the USA. (http://communitychessclub.com)

sticks464 · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 2627

All browsers are getting better at rendering code to standards except IE who Microsoft has promised since 1995 that each release was better. I think they're going backwards since none have come close to standards.