Recipe 9.5 Keeping CSS Rules from Internet Explorer 5 for Macintosh

Problem

You want to hide certain rules from Internet Explorer 5 for Macintosh.

Solution

*/:

/* \*/
h1 { 
 font-size: 200%; 
 text-transform: uppercase;
 background-color: #666;
 }

After the rules pertaining to Internet Explorer 5 for Macintosh, insert another comment line:

/* */
p { 
 text-transform: uppercase;
}

Discussion

This method exploits a simple hidden, allowing entire rule sets to be hidden from the browser until the next closing comment marker is hidden.

See Also

The specification about adding comments in CSS at http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/CR-CSS21-20040225/syndata.html#comments.