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Asked: 2026-06-09T07:39:06+00:00

I know that you can use an IE conditional comment inside HTML: <!–[if IE]>

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I know that you can use an IE conditional comment inside HTML: 

<!--[if IE]>
  <link href="ieOnlyStylesheet.css" />
<![endif]-->

But what if I want to target only IE in a stylesheet, setting up a css rule for a specific element inside the html. For example, you can use this Chrome/Safari hack inside the css file as css code…

@media screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:0) {
    .myClass{
        background: #fff;
        background:rgba(255,0,255,0.7);
    }
}

But using the IE hack inside the CSS stylesheet like this:

 <!--[if IE]>
      .myClass{
        background: #fff;
        background:rgba(255,0,255,0.7);
    }
 <![endif]-->

does not work. What do I use inside a stylesheet to target IE only?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Conditional comments do not work within stylesheets. Instead, you can use conditional comments in your HTML to apply different CSS classes or IDs to elements that you can then target with CSS.

    For instance:

    <!--[if IE]>
  <div id="wrapper" class="ie">
<![endif]-->
<!--[if !IE]>
  <div id="wrapper">
<![endif]-->

    Also, there are tools such as Modernizr that do feature detection in a very similar way (by adding classes to the <html> element). You can use it to progressively enhance your design/script for newer browsers while still supporting older browsers.

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