Some IE CSS Tips for Transparency, min-max width and Conditional Comments

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You can force IE to apply transparency to PNGs. In theory, PNG files do support varied levels of transparency; however, an Internet Explorer 6 bug prevents this from
working cross-browser.

1. #regular_logo
2. {
3. background:url('test.png'); width:150px; height:55px;
4. }
5. /* \ */
6. * html #regular_logo
7. {
8. background:none;
9. float:left;
10. width:150px;
filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='test.
png', sizingMethod='scale');
11.
12. }
13. /* */

You can define min-width and max-width in IE. You can use Microsoft’s dynamic expressions to do that.

1. #container
2. {
3. min-width: 600px;
4. max-width: 1200px;
width:expression(document.body.clientWidth < 600? "600px" :
document.body.clientWidth > 1200? "1200px" : "auto");
5.
6. }

You can use Conditional Comments for IE. The safest way of taking care of IE/Win is to use conditional comments. It feels more future-proof than CSS hacks – is to use
Microsoft’s proprietary conditional comments. You can use this to give IE/Win a separate stylesheet that contains all the rules that are needed to make it behave properly.

1. <!--[if IE]>
2. <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ie.css" />
3. <![endif]-->