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Asked: 2026-06-10T02:43:43+00:00

My tables are causing problems in IE8. I cannot get the dividing borders in

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My tables are causing problems in IE8. I cannot get the dividing borders in the table header to appear above the gradient (except for in one spot, which you can see in the image below). The borders appear fine in every other browser and even in IE8 Compatibility Mode. Any ideas on how to fix this? Here is a test site for everyone to see the applied code.

Comparison of table header borders in IE8 and IE8 Compatibility Mode

Here is the table header’s CSS, but you can view the entire CSS file here:

.gridview th {
    background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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);
    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(90deg, #005383 0%, #90d9ff 100%);
    background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(90deg, #005383 0%, #90d9ff 100%);
    background-image: -o-linear-gradient(90deg, #005383 0%, #90d9ff 100%);
    background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(90deg, #005383 0%, #90d9ff 100%);
    background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, #005383 0%, #90d9ff 100%);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#90d9ff, endColorstr=#005383);
    -ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#90d9ff, endColorstr=#005383)";
    background-color: #005383;
    line-height: 18px;
    vertical-align: top;
    padding: 4px;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-align: center;
    border-left: 1px solid #005580;
    color: #fff;
}
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  1. Editorial Team

    I found a fix, but I’m not very happy with it since it isn’t valid HTML anymore…but this seems to fix the problem in older versions of IE:

    <!--[if !IE]> -->
    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<!-- <![endif]-->

    I showed this to my boss, he did not approve, so I am still looking for a solution!!!

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