Closed Bug 576720 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago

[k] HTML5 elements unstyled in IE8

Categories

(support.mozilla.org :: Questions, task, P1)

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: jsocol, Assigned: rrosario)

Details

If IE doesn't know an element can exist--for example, HTML5 elements that it doesn't recognize--it doesn't apply styles to it, regardless of what's in the style sheet. Fortunately, a simple workaround exists: http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5-els.js All you need to do is create an element with document.createElement and IE starts styling it.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Is there an example of a link or HTML5 element that IE doesn't recognize? Testing suggestions would be appreciated.
<hgroup>, <header>, <mark> were the big ones for us. The good example was the "Firefox Support Forum" header which was up and to the left instead of positioned correctly. Sorry, I should have taken a screenshot.
Verified on IE8
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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