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Asked: 2026-06-04T02:51:39+00:00

Sorry, I’m sure this is an easy test but I don’t have access to

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Sorry, I’m sure this is an easy test but I don’t have access to IE right now and I’m putting in some conditionals. I know it would be an easy test if I did have IE in front of me.

Let’s say you have

<!--[if lt IE 8]>
<body>
<p>Some content</p>
</body>
<![endif]-->
<!--[if (gt IE 8)|!(IE)]><!-->
<body>
<p>Some Different content</p>
</body>
<!--<![endif]-->

This would exclude IE8 and so in theory/practice it would display nothing, correct? Again, sorry I don’t have IE in front but I need to know before I can get a chance to get to it. Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team
    • Versions older than IE8 will show “some content”
    • Versions greater than IE8 will show “Some different content”
    • Version 8 of IE will show nothing.

    You should use either gte or lte to include IE8 in one of those conditionals. Further, keep in mind that Internet Explorer 10 (soon to be released) will no longer respect Conditional Comments. As such, you’ll need to explicitly push your document into IE9 (or lower) mode:

    <!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="IE=9" />
    <!-- rest of document -->

    This way, the browser continues to interpret your conditional comments on into the future.

    Further Reading: About Conditional Comments » Syntax of Conditional Comments

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