I don't use CSS hacks anymore. Instead I use IE's conditional comments to apply classes to the body tag.
Nonetheless, I wanted to document every browser-specific css selector and style attribute hack I've seen. Plus there's no way to provide stylesheets to only Safari, I believe.
With these you'll be able to better target IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera from within the css.
So here are go:
Comprehensive List of Browser-Specific CSS Hacks
/***** Selector Hacks ******/
/* IE6 and below */
* html #uno { color: red }
/* IE7 */
*:first-child+html #dos { color: red }
/* IE7, FF, Saf, Opera */
html>body #tres { color: red }
/* IE8, FF, Saf, Opera (Everything but IE 6,7) */
html>/**/body #cuatro { color: red }
/* Opera 9.27 and below, safari 2 */
html:first-child #cinco { color: red }
/* Safari 2-3 */
html[xmlns*=""] body:last-child #seis { color: red }
/* safari 3+, chrome 1+, opera9+, ff 3.5+ */
body:nth-of-type(1) #siete { color: red }
/* safari 3+, chrome 1+, opera9+, ff 3.5+ */
body:first-of-type #ocho { color: red }
/* saf3+, chrome1+ */
@media screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:0) {
#diez { color: red }
}
/* iPhone / mobile webkit */
@media screen and (max-device-width: 480px) {
#veintiseis { color: red }
}
/* Safari 2 - 3.1 */
html[xmlns*=""]:root #trece { color: red }
/* Safari 2 - 3.1, Opera 9.25 */
*|html[xmlns*=""] #catorce { color: red }
/* Everything but IE6-8 */
:root *> #quince { color: red }
/* IE7 */
*+html #dieciocho { color: red }
/* Firefox only. 1+ */
#veinticuatro, x:-moz-any-link { color: red }
/* Firefox 3.0+ */
#veinticinco, x:-moz-any-link, x:default { color: red }
/***** Attribute Hacks ******/
/* IE6 */
#once { _color: blue }
/* IE6, IE7 */
#doce { *color: blue; /* or #color: blue */ }
/* Everything but IE6 */
#diecisiete { color/**/: blue }
/* IE6, IE7, IE8 */
#diecinueve { color: blue\9; }
/* IE7, IE8 */
#veinte { color/*\**/: blue\9; }
/* IE6, IE7 -- acts as an !important */
#veintesiete { color: blue !ie; } /* string after ! can be anything */If you'd like to take a gander by yourself:
Test page with all these hacks present.
View the test page at browsershots.org
(Thx to Webdevout, Evotech, and Jeffrey, porneL, and commenters.)
I should point out I'm not including weird hacks like the voice-family ones or anything particularly ugly.
Somewhat related…
Here are the most concise browser sniffs I've seen. (Not that browser sniffing is good or anything…)
Update 2009.06.03 - I added the suggestions left
on Ajaxian and in the comments and updated the browser versions to consider Safari 4, IE 8, and Chrome 2.
Update 2009.08.03 - I added some new Firefox hacks from porneL, which are very unique in that the target selector is not a child like the rest of them.
More explanation on his site.
Update 2009.11.10 - Added #prop: value IE<=7 hack. I prefer it much less to *prop.
Update 2010.01.24 - Added prop: value!ie hack. Thx @miketaylr for the tip.
Update 2010.04.07 - Clarification on :nth-of-type(n) from Estelle Weyl
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