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How to disable scripts for ie6 inside your html code

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Use a downlevel-revealed conditional comment to place a class on the <body>:

<!--[if lt IE 7]><body class="ie6"><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte IE 7]><!--><body class="notie6"><!--<![endif]-->

Now you can target selectors at IE6 or not-IE6, from both stylesheets (so you don't necessarily have to use a separate stylesheet) and scripts (either checking the class of document.body manually, or just using selectors like $('body.notie6 div.something') in jQuery).

There are conditional comments directly in JScript too, but, annoyingly, they only target particular JScript engine version numbers, which don't always tie up with IE version numbers. Using the HTML conditional comments for everything makes it more consistent.

bobince 2010-09-15 23:40:03

that does it thanks! i just need to add the body to all my jquery selectors, i was getting tired of googling, i begging to look for a php that strips the <script> </script> if ie6 or ie7 detected, your solution is much simpler for me.

Guillermo Siliceo Trueba 2010-09-15 23:45:11

You can also say eg. `if (!$('body').hasClass('ie6'))` to wrap a load of script at once, if you don't want to change each selector.

bobince 2010-09-16 00:01:12

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