What is the name of this hack?

#1

...
width:202px;
*width:200px;
...

The setting with * only can be read by IE, but I want to know...

1. What is the name of this hack?
2. Is all attribute can be combined with a star so only IE will know?

Thanks.

#2

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howa <howachen (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

..
width:202px;
*width:200px;
..

The setting with * only can be read by IE, but I want to know...

1. What is the name of this hack?

star (html) hack

Quote:

2. Is all attribute can be combined with a star so only IE will know?

* html body {margin: 200px;}

is seen by IE 6 but not by other browsers. All that IE would recognise
normally (without the star hack) is recognised by IE with the star hack,
it is just that other browsers won't see it.

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dorayme

#3

Hi,

dorayme wrote:

Quote:

star (html) hack

2. Is all attribute can be combined with a star so only IE will know?

I am referring to the attributes, not the selector, are they the same?

Thanks.

#4

howa wrote:

Quote:

*width:200px;
1. What is the name of this hack?

http://centricle.com/ref/css/filters/

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Berg

#5

In article
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howa <howachen (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

Hi,

dorayme wrote:
star (html) hack

2. Is all attribute can be combined with a star so only IE will know?

I am referring to the attributes, not the selector, are they the same?

Thanks.

First things first. How did I go on answering your number 1 question?
Did I go OK in your eyes? Do I get a pass on that one? If I was
surrounded by a gang of thugs and you were passing by, would you
remember my answer to Number 1 and tell the thugs not to beat me too
severely?

As for your second question, why don't you rewrite it in a proper
grammatical sentence.

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dorayme

#6

On 18 Nov, 04:05, howa <howac... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

..
width:202px;
*width:200px;
..

The setting with * only can be read by IE, but I want to know...

1. What is the name of this hack?

Parsing error.

Quote:

2. Is all attribute can be combined with a star so only IE will know?

Microsoft recommends conditional comments.
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/10/12/480242.aspx

#7

On Nov 19, 4:50*am, "Roy A." <royarnes... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

Microsoft recommends conditional comments.http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/10/12/480242.aspx

This is also what I want.

But it only work as if defined in the HTML page, not in the css file.

So I am looking at some hacks.

Thanks anyway.

#8

On Nov 18, 9:39*pm, Bergamot <berga... (AT) visi (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

howa wrote:

*width:200px;
1. What is the name of this hack?

http://centricle.com/ref/css/filters/

Thanks.

This is what I want.

#9

Quote:

"howa" <howachen (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:b3c4e8c5-2c57-4a50-aeda-050edf9c89a8 (AT) a26g2000prf (DOT) googlegroups.com...
On Nov 19, 4:50 am, "Roy A." <royarnes... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
Microsoft recommends conditional
comments.http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/10/12/480242.aspx

This is also what I want.

But it only work as if defined in the HTML page, not in the css file.

So I am looking at some hacks.

Thanks anyway.

Don't use hacks.

Split your IE fixes out into a separate CSS file and do this in a the HTML:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />

#10

In article
<b3c4e8c5-2c57-4a50-aeda-050edf9c89a8 (AT) a26g2000prf (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
howa <howachen (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

On Nov 19, 4:50*am, "Roy A." <royarnes... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
Microsoft recommends conditional
comments.http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/10/12/480242.aspx

This is also what I want.

But it only work as if defined in the HTML page, not in the css file.

But the effect can be to let IE only see some CSS, namely by getting IE
to go to a particular special CSS file.



or

Quote:

So I am looking at some hacks.

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dorayme