I have a js file and would like to run some code only if the browser is IE 8. Is there a way I can do this?
Right now I only have this but it's for all ie browsers:
if ($.browser.msie) {
//do stuff for IE 8
}
I have a js file and would like to run some code only if the browser is IE 8. Is there a way I can do this?
Right now I only have this but it's for all ie browsers:
if ($.browser.msie) {
//do stuff for IE 8
}
9 Answers
Reset to default 9See Browser detection in JavaScript? and http://modernizr.com
Here is the short(est?) answer:
if (navigator.userAgent.match(/MSIE 8/) !== null) {
// do something in IE8
}
Browser specific code is almost never a good idea. However, if you must do this, you can put your code inside conditional comments.
http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/cc-plus.html
<!--[if IE 8]>
<script type="text/javascript">
// this is only executed for IE 8
</script>
<![endif]-->
Alright people, I solved it myself like this:
if ($.browser.msie && $.browser.version == 8) {
//my stuff
}
Could you do a call in the header to redirect the page if it is less than IE9? I find myself doing this often for my clients that use a mixture of IE6-10.
In the document head I call,
<!--[if IE 7]> <link rel="()" type="()" href="(Your link here.)"><![endif]-->
The other option you could look into is a shim or polyfil. There are many on the internet that help bridge the gap between modern web design and older browsers. An example is Modernizr.
You can do it with conditional comments (by https://stackoverflow.com/a/10965091/1878731):
<!--[if IE 8 ]> <html class="ie8"> <![endif]-->
if ($('html').is('.ie8')) {
...
}
Or without messing with html (by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_comment):
<script>
/*@cc_on
@if (@_jscript_version == 5.8) { // IE8 detected
// do something
}
@*/
</script>
You can do something like this:
if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE 8.0') !== -1) {
// this clause will only execute on IE8
}
$.browser is deprecated so you can not use this object property in new jQuery version so to support this you have to use the jQuery migrate plugin.Here is the link. https://github.com/jquery/jquery-migrate/#readme
You can use the document.documentMode to get the version of IE.
switch(document.documentMode)
{
case 8:
//do something with IE8
break;
case 9:
//do something with IE9
break;
case 10:
//do something with IE10
break;
case 11:
//do something with IE11
break;
default:
console.log('Other browsers...');
}
For documentation refer here
Try using like this
<script type="text/javascript">
if(/MSIE \d|Trident.*rv:/.test(navigator.userAgent))
document.write('<script src="somescript.js"><\/script>');
</script>
$.browserin version 1.9 – Ian Commented Aug 5, 2013 at 21:27