external css and conditional comments

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external css and conditional comments

do conditional comments for IE windows work in external css files

vsgill

1:33 am on Jul 15, 2007 (gmt 0)

Hello Friends
I am wondering if conditional comments for IE windows work in external css files?

For example ....

.myclass{
 width:500px;
<!--[if IE 6]>
 width:400px;
 }
 <![endif]-->

can i put the above code in a css file?

it does not seem to be working for me.:(

Thanks
Vik

encyclo

1:36 am on Jul 15, 2007 (gmt 0)

Short answer: no. Longer answer: the conditional comments are SGML (HTML) comments, not valid CSS comments. IE doesn't parse the CSS file for comments.

You can place the main rules in one stylesheet, and then have one conditional comment in the HTML to load a correcting stylesheet for the IE bugs.

vsgill

1:58 am on Jul 15, 2007 (gmt 0)

Thanks encyclo