How do I include a javascript if it's IE, and another javascript if everything else?

Question

I want to include <script src="ie.js"> if the browser is IE.

Otherwise, include all.js for all other browsers.

How can I do this?

aroth · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-01T14:27:12.590

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You can do this using conditional comments. Example:

<!--[if IE]>
    <script src="ie.js">
<![endif]-->
<!--[if !IE]><!-->
    <script src="all.js"></script>
<!--<![endif]-->

edited Apr 01 '18 at 14:27

answered Jul 19 '11 at 04:13

aroth

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Thanks. Check out this guy's answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6742087/how-do-i-make-an-else-in-an-ie-html-conditional/6742121#6742121 is it the same as yours? – TIMEX Jul 19 '11 at 04:21
@TIMEX - It's very similar, yes. Just some minor syntactic differences between the two, really. – aroth Jul 19 '11 at 04:27
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Conditional Comments are no longer supported in IE10 and above. – Mardin Yadegar Feb 24 '14 at 14:12
That's true. There are some good suggestions here for dealing with IE10+: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9900311/how-do-i-target-only-internet-explorer-10-for-certain-situations-like-internet-e – aroth Feb 25 '14 at 03:40
don't forget the ``. – Raptor Aug 29 '14 at 02:38

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 09 '21 at 08:12

I was looking for something similar, and so far the simplest solution I found is to do a JS based condition to check the document.documentMode property: https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/prop_doc_documentmode.asp

I hope this will help someone else who stumble on this thread in Google results like I did.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 15 '16 at 08:21

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Conditional comments only work in IE, and are thus excellently suited to give special instructions meant only for IE. They are supported from IE 5 up until IE9 (inclusive).

answered Jul 15 '16 at 08:21

Matteo Calò

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How do I include a javascript if it's IE, and another javascript if everything else?

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