Re: [xsl] IE's conditional comments in xslt

[Chris Burdess <d09@xxxxxxx>]

Manfred Staudinger wrote:
> I would like to propose a xslt conform solution for Conditional
> Comments
>
> The proposed solution uses two downlevel-hidden CC's
> <!--[if expression]> HTML <![endif]--> and one downlevel-revealed CC
> <![if expression]> HTML <![endif]> and consists of:
> 1. the test for the system-property, to make sure that only MS's IE
> will see it.
> 2. two xslt comment elements with the conditional html in between
> 3. each one of the xslt comment elements has text inside, which
> starts with
> "[if IE]>" and ends with "&lt;![endif]", forming a downlevel-hidden
> CC.
> 4. inside the downlevel-hidden CC's there is the start "&lt;![if
> lte IE 6]>" and
> the end "&lt;![endif]>" of the downlevel-revealed CC.
>
> <xsl:if test="system-property('xsl:vendor')='Microsoft'">
> <xsl:comment><xsl:text>[if IE]>&lt;![if lte IE
> 6]>&lt;![endif]</xsl:text></xsl:comment>
> 	<!-- "lte IE 6" = "expression" -->
> 	<!-- html gets executed by any IE for which the "expression" is
> true -->
> <xsl:comment><xsl:text>[if
> IE]>&lt;![endif]>&lt;![endif]</xsl:text></xsl:comment>
> </xsl:if>
>
> The only variable part in this example is "lte IE 6", which I'll call
> "expression for
> this discussion. If the "expression" is true for your browser, the the
> html between
> those two comments get executed. In the example given, its true for
> IE 6, IE 5.5
> and IE 5.0, but not for IE 7. To select for IE 6 only, use "IE 6"
> and so on.

Browser sniffing for the noughties, how delightful.
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, Chris Burdess
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