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Asked: 2026-05-27T20:20:25+00:00

I’m currently using HTML conditional statements to select a CSS file based on IE

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I’m currently using HTML conditional statements to select a CSS file based on IE version. How do I do this on the server side instead.

<!--[if IE 6]> 
   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/ie6.css" media="screen" />
<![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7]> 
   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/ie7.css" media="screen" />
<![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 8]>
   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/ie8.css" media="screen" />
<![endif]-->
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  1. Editorial Team

    Determine the browser type from the HTTP request:

    System.Web.HttpBrowserCapabilities browser = Request.Browser

    Then render the page accordingly:

    <% if (browser.Browser == "IE" && browser.MajorVersion == 6) { %>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/ie6.css" media="screen" />
<% } else if (browser.Browser == "IE" && browser.MajorVersion == 7) { %>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/ie7.css" media="screen" />
<% } else if (browser.Browser == "IE" && browser.MajorVersion == 8) { %>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/ie8.css" media="screen" />
<% } %>

    I believe you have to set the runat="server" attribute within the <head> element of the page for this to work.

    This isn’t a very good way of doing it though. A better way would be to do it client-side using either JavaScript or the method used in the question.

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