--- /dev/null
+---
+title: Internet Explorer
+category: HTML
+layout: 2017/sheet
+updated: 2017-09-20
+---
+
+## Support table
+{: .-one-column}
+
+### CSS Selectors
+
+| Feature | IE6 | IE7 | IE8 | IE9 | IE10 |
+| ---------------------------------------------------------- | - | - | - | - | -- |
+| `>` _(descendant)_ | | 7 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `[attr]` _(attribute)_ | | 7 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `.class1.class2` _(multiple classes)_ | | 7 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `~` _(sibling)_ | | 7 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `+` _(adjacent)_ | | 7 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| ---------------------------------------------------------- | - | - | - | - | -- |
+| `:first-child` <sup>\*</sup> | | | 8 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `:focus` | | | 8 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `:before` `:after` _(single colon only)_ | | | 8 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `:lang` | | | 8 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| ---------------------------------------------------------- | - | - | - | - | -- |
+| `:first-of-type`, `:last-of-type` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ |
+| `:last-child` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ |
+| `:empty` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ |
+| `:enabled` `:disabled` `:checked` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ |
+| `:not()` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ |
+| `:nth-child()` `:nth-last-child()` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ |
+| `:nth-of-type()` `:nth-last-of-type()` `:only-of-type()` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ |
+| `:only-child()` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ |
+| `:target` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ |
+| `::selection` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ |
+| `:root` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ |
+{: .-headers.-no-wrap}
+
+`first-child:` doesn't work for elements inserted via JS.
+
+### CSS properties
+
+| Feature | IE6 | IE7 | IE8 | IE9 | IE10 | IE11 |
+| ---------------------------------------------------------- | - | - | - | - | -- | -- |
+| `max-width` | | 7 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `position: fixed` | | 7 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| ---------------------------------------------------------- | - | - | - | - | -- | -- |
+| `outline` | | | 8 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `display: inline-block` <sup>\*</sup> | | | 8 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `display: table` | | | 8 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `border-collapse`, `border-spacing`, `table-layout`, ... | | | 8 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `whitespace: pre-wrap` | | | 8 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `whitespace: pre-line` | | | 8 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `box-sizing` | | | 8 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| ---------------------------------------------------------- | - | - | - | - | -- | -- |
+| `background-clip` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `background-origin` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `background-size` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `background: x, y, z` _(multiple backgrounds)_ | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `opacity` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `border-radius` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `box-shadow` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `rgba()` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| `transform` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| ---------------------------------------------------------- | - | - | - | - | -- | -- |
+| `animation` | | | | | 10 ✓ | ✓ |
+| `transition` | | | | | 10 ✓ | ✓ |
+| `linear-gradient()` | | | | | 10 ✓ | ✓ |
+| `text-shadow` — [polyfill][text-shadow] | | | | | 10 ✓ | ✓ |
+| ---------------------------------------------------------- | - | - | - | - | -- | -- |
+| `border-image` | | | | | | 11 ✓ |
+{: .-headers.-no-wrap}
+
+`inline-block:` IE6/7 can only support inline-block for elements that are naturally inline, like span
+
+### Features
+
+| Feature | IE6 | IE7 | IE8 | IE9 | IE10 | IE11 |
+| ---------------------------------------------------------- | - | - | - | - | -- | -- |
+| PNG alpha transparency | | 7 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| ---------------------------------------------------------- | - | - | - | - | -- | -- |
+| data URI [⊙][datauri] | | | 8 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| JS: JSON parsing [⊙][json] | | | 8 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| JS: Cross-origin resource sharing [⊙][cors] | | | 8 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| JS: Local storage [⊙][localstorage] | | | 8 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| ---------------------------------------------------------- | - | - | - | - | -- | -- |
+| CSS: `@media` queries — [polyfill][respond] | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| HTML: new HTML5 elements - [polyfill][html5shiv] | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| HTML: `<canvas>` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| HTML: `<svg>` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| HTML: `<img src='image.svg'>` | | | | 9 ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| ---------------------------------------------------------- | - | - | - | - | -- | -- |
+| CSS: flexbox [⊙][flexbox] <sup>\*</sup> | | | | | 10 ✓ | ✓ |
+| HTML: `<input placeholder='..'>` [⊙][placeholder] | | | | | 10 ✓ | ✓ |
+| HTML: `<input type='range'>` | | | | | 10 ✓ | ✓ |
+| HTML: `<input required>` [⊙][validation] | | | | | 10 ✓ | ✓ |
+| JS: Web sockets | | | | | 10 ✓ | ✓ |
+| ---------------------------------------------------------- | - | - | - | - | -- | -- |
+| JS: Fullscreen mode | | | | | | 11 ✓ |
+{: .-headers.-no-wrap}
+
+`flexbox:` IE10 only supports the 2012 syntax with -ms- prefix.
+
+## Polyfills
+
+### IE polyfills
+
+Always install these in almost every project:
+
+ - [json2] for JSON parsing (for IE7 below)
+ - [selectivizr] for selectors (for IE8 below)
+ - [html5shiv] for new HTML tags (for IE8 below)
+ - [respond] for media queries (for IE8 below)
+ - See [this article](http://ricostacruz.com/til/ie-polyfills.html) for info
+
+```html
+<!--[if lt IE 9]>
+<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/nwmatcher/1.2.5/nwmatcher.min.js'></script>
+<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/json2/20140204/json2.min.js'>
+<script src='https://cdn.rawgit.com/gisu/selectivizr/1.0.3/selectivizr.js'></script>
+<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/html5shiv/3.7.3/html5shiv.min.js'>
+<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/respond.js/1.4.2/respond.js'>
+<![endif]-->
+```
+
+### You may also need
+
+ - [modernizr] for feature detection
+
+### for CSS3 decorations
+
+ - [css3pie]
+ - [cssSandpaper]
+ - [ecsstender]
+
+See: [Cross-browser polyfills list][fills]
+
+Misc
+----
+
+### IE Conditional comment HTML
+
+```html
+<!--[if lt IE 7 ]> <html class="ie6"> <![endif]-->
+<!--[if IE 7 ]> <html class="ie7"> <![endif]-->
+<!--[if IE 8 ]> <html class="ie8"> <![endif]-->
+<!--[if IE 9 ]> <html class="ie9"> <![endif]-->
+<!--[if (gt IE 9)|!(IE)]><!--> <html class=""> <!--<![endif]-->
+```
+
+### IE conditionals
+
+```html
+<!--[if IE]> I'm IE <![endif]-->
+<!--[if !IE]> --> Not IE <!-- <![endif]-->
+```
+
+[text-shadow]: https://github.com/heygrady/textshadow
+[ie7.js]: http://ie7-js.googlecode.com/svn/test/index.html
+[selectivizr]: http://selectivizr.com/
+[css3pie]: http://css3pie.com/
+[cssSandpaper]: https://github.com/zoltan-dulac/cssSandpaper
+[html5shiv]: https://code.google.com/p/html5shiv/
+[fills]: https://github.com/Modernizr/Modernizr/wiki/HTML5-Cross-Browser-Polyfills
+[json2]: https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js
+[modernizr]: https://modernizr.com
+[ecsstender]: http://ecsstender.org/
+[respond]: https://github.com/scottjehl/Respond
+[flexbox]: https://caniuse.com/#feat=flexbox
+[cors]: https://caniuse.com/#feat=cors
+[localstorage]: https://caniuse.com/#feat=localstorage
+[json]: https://caniuse.com/#feat=json
+[datauri]: https://caniuse.com/#feat=datauri
+[validation]: https://caniuse.com/#search=validation
+[placeholder]: https://caniuse.com/#feat=input-placeholder