With Internet Explorer Conditional Comments, one can hide HTML code from Internet Explorer, or reveal code only to Internet Explorer. The conditional comment code consists of Internet Explorer's proprietary code within HTML comments. Since the proprietary code is within conditional comments, it is hidden from all other browsers. IE Conditional Comments does not cause a page to become invalid.
Example 1:
<!--[if IE]>
<p>You are an Internet Explorer user.</p>
<![endif]-->
In the above example, the p element only appears in Internet Explorer. All other browsers treat the entire piece of code as an HTML comment.
Specific versions of Internet Explorer or all versions above or below a particular version can be targeted using operators
Example 2:
<!--[if lte IE 7]>
<p>You are using an outdated version of Internet Explorer.</p>
<![endif]-->
In the above example, lte is the operator. It stands for "less than or equal to".
Here is a list of Operators and their meanings
| Operator | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
! | The NOT operator | <!--[if !(IE 9)]> |
lt | The less-than operator | <!--[if lt IE 9]> |
lte | The less-than-or equal to operator | <!--[if lte IE 8]> |
gt | The greater-than operator | <!--[if gt IE 8]> |
gte | The greater-than-or equal to operator | <!--[if gte IE 8]> |
& | The AND operator | <!--[if (lte IE 8)&(gte IE 6)]> |
| | The OR operator | <!--[if (IE 8)|(IE 6)]> |
To hide HTML code from Internet Explorer, use the format shown below:
Example 3:
<!--[if !IE]><!-->
<p>You are not using Internet Explorer.</p>
<!--><![endif]-->
To hide HTML code from only certain versions of Internet Explorer, use the format shown below:
Example 4:
<!--[if IE 9]><!-->
<p>You are using a modern browser.</p>
<!--><![endif]-->
More information can be found at MSDN.
