Target IE in the CSS code

I know how to target IE, but that's only in HTML (which means I need to create another CSS file for IE bugs). Is their anyway, how I can implement the fixes in the same CSS file. This mean I target IE开发者_JAVA技巧 with CSS code?

You can do with these hacks

For example:

selector {
 color: red; /* all browsers, of course */
 color : green\9; /* IE8 and below */
 *color : yellow; /* IE7 and below */
 _color : orange; /* IE6 */
}

There is no equivalent to conditional comments/code in CSS. The only thing you could do there are the old CSS hacks -- that people struggled with before conditional comments became known.

You can make CSS hacks work, for a bit, but it's not a smart or robust approach.

Recommended approach:

1. Always start with a CSS reset. Here's a good one: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css

2. If at all possible, get your boss or client to realize that IE6 support is not cost-effective.

3. Design HTML and CSS with an eye for IE bugs, as much as possible. EG, float-problems, height and margin problems, etc.

4. For those few things that still need different CSS in IE, putting them in a conditionally-included, separate CSS file really is the simplest, most robust approach. The bonus is it doesn't penalize decent browsers one bit.

In your CSS code, precede your selectors with something that only IE will recognize. Examples of selecting <div> elements in IE6 and IE7:

IE6 only: * html div

IE7 only *:first-child+html div

A comprehensive list can be found here: http://paulirish.com/2009/browser-specific-css-hacks/