Sarah McCall wrote:
> [...]
> Can I just ask what kind of code the '[if lte IE 6] ... [endif]' is?
> Even though it works, I like to know the details of how,
Well, it is not html, not css and not a programming language - it's a
part of Microsoft's IE language ...
The MSIE language is just IE only, and IMO it shouldn't be used unless
to correct IE bugs. ;-)
How the Conditional Comments (the name for the '[if lte IE 6] ...
[endif]' stuff) are working, is explained by Microsoft in a MSDN page:
* About Conditional Comments
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/overview/ccomment_ovw.asp>
... though their examples could be a bit updated:
* test :: Microsoft's IE CC information :-)
<http://home.tiscali.nl/developerscorner/css-discuss/test-IE-cc-information.htm>
Besides the link of Jukka, lots of practical suggestions about filtering
on Georg's page:
* CSS sledgehammer...#2 <http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_1_02_01.html>
> [...]
> and what other programming languages I need to think about learning to
> enable me to make the fullest use of CSS.
> [...]
>
In my opinion, css and (x)html should be enough; added can be some
knowledge about javascript for some (dynamical) features and tricks.
But for the fullest use of CSS a kind of "bug destroying language" :-)
is developed, which is no language at all, but a series of hacks and
workarounds, gathered from all over the world, to force that browsers
(and especially IE) are doing what should be expected according to the
w3c css specs. For this, I can recommend 'Position Is Everything -
modern browser bugs explained in detail':
* PIE, startpage <http://www.positioniseverything.net/>
* PIE, IE troubles <http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer.html>
Greetings,
francky
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