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CSS Compatibility in Internet Explorer

With each new release of Windows Internet Explorer, support for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) standard has steadily improved. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 was the first fully Cascading Style Sheets, Level 1 (CSS1)-compliant version of Internet Explorer. Windows Internet Explorer 8 is fully compliant with the Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS2.1) specification and supports some features of Cascading Style Sheets, Level 3 (CSS3). Windows Internet Explorer 9 and Internet Explorer 10 add even more support for many CSS3 modules.

Note  It is important to remember that many CSS3 modules are still in the Working Draft or Last Call stages. Until they reach the Candidate Recommendation stage, they could change significantly. For more information, see the latest CSS3 draft modules.

If your website targets browsers that include earlier versions of Internet Explorer, you want to know the level of CSS compliance for those versions. This article provides an at-a-glance look at CSS compliance across recent versions of Internet Explorer, including support in Internet Explorer 9 and Internet Explorer 10.

Note  Newer features will not work on webpages that have an older document compatibility mode specified. For instance, a feature introduced in Internet Explorer 9 will not work if the page has been set to display in IE8 Standards mode, even if you're viewing the page in Internet Explorer 9. For more information on document compatibility modes, see Defining Document Compatibility.

This article's organization is loosely based on that of the CSS reference documentation on MSDN. It contains the following sections:

  • Introduction
  • At-rules
  • Selectors
    • Element Selectors
    • Attribute Selectors
    • Combinators
    • Pseudo-classes
    • Pseudo-elements
  • Properties
    • 2-D and 3-D Transforms
    • Animations
    • Border and Layout
    • Color and Background
    • Font and Text
    • Generated Content
    • Lists
    • Multi-column Layout
    • Positioning
    • Printing
    • Transitions
    • User Interface
    • Speech
    • Media Queries
  • Values
    • Numbers
    • Strings
    • Shapes
    • Functions
    • Gradients
    • Colors
    • Keywords
  • Units
  • Related topics

Introduction

Each table lists support status information for grouped CSS features across recent versions of Internet Explorer. In each section, the first table represents features introduced in CSS2.1 or earlier, and the second table represents features planned (by the W3C) for CSS3.

A value of "Yes" in a cell indicates that the feature is implemented in that version of Internet Explorer.

A value of "Partial" in a cell indicates that the feature is only partially implemented in that version of Internet Explorer. For more information, click the link to view that feature's reference page on MSDN.

A value of "No" in a cell indicates that the feature is not implemented in that version of Internet Explorer.

A value of "Updated" in a cell indicates that the feature has been updated in that version of Internet Explorer.

At-rules

CSS2.1:

  Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
@charset Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
@import Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
@media Yes Yes Yes Updated Updated
@page Partial Partial Yes Yes Yes

 

CSS3:

  Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
@font-face Yes Yes Yes Updated Yes
@namespace No No No Yes Yes
@keyframes No No No No Yes
@-ms-viewport No No No No Yes

 

Selectors

Element Selectors

CSS2.1:

Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
.value { sRules } Class (see Note) Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes
#value { sRules } ID Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
E { sRules } Type Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
* { sRules } Universal No Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

Note  Prior to Windows Internet Explorer 7, there was a two-class selector limit per element.

CSS3:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
ns|E { sRules } Namespaced No No No Yes Yes

 

Attribute Selectors

CSS2.1:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
[att=val] { sRules } Equality [=] No Yes Yes Yes Yes
[att] { sRules } Existence [] No Yes Yes Yes Yes
[att|=val] { sRules } Hyphen [|=] No Yes Yes Yes Yes
[att~=val] { sRules } Whitespace [~=] No Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

CSS3:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
[ns|attr] { sRules } Namespaced No Yes Yes Yes Yes
[att^=val] { sRules } Prefix [^=] No Yes Yes Yes Yes
[att*=val] { sRules } Substring [*=] No Yes Yes Yes Yes
[att$=val] { sRules } Suffix [$=] No Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

Combinators

CSS2.1:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
E + F { sRules } Adjacent Sibling (+) No Yes Yes Yes Yes
E > F { sRules } Child (>) No Yes Yes Yes Yes
E F { sRules } Descendant Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

CSS3:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
E ~ F { sRules } General Sibling (~) No Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

Pseudo-classes

CSS2.1:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
:active { sRules } :active No Partial Yes Yes Yes
:first-child { sRules } :first-child No Yes Yes Yes Yes
:focus { sRules } :focus No No Yes Yes Yes
:hover { sRules } :hover Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes
:lang(C) { sRules } :lang() No No Yes Yes Yes
:link { sRules } :link Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
:visited { sRules } :visited Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
@page :first { sRules } @page :first No No Yes Yes Yes
@page :left { sRules } @page :left No No Yes Yes Yes
@page :right { sRules } @page :right No No Yes Yes Yes

 

CSS3:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
:root { sRules } :root No No No Yes Yes
:nth-child(n) { sRules } :nth-child(n) No No No Yes Yes
:nth-last-child(n) { sRules } :nth-last-child(n) No No No Yes Yes
:nth-of-type(n) { sRules } :nth-of-type(n) No No No Yes Yes
:nth-last-of-type(n) { sRules } :nth-last-of-type(n) No No No Yes Yes
:last-child { sRules } :last-child No No No Yes Yes
:first-of-type { sRules } :first-of-type No No No Yes Yes
:last-of-type { sRules } :last-of-type No No No Yes Yes
:only-child { sRules } :only-child No No No Yes Yes
:only-of-type { sRules } :only-of-type No No No Yes Yes
:empty { sRules } :empty No No No Yes Yes
:target { sRules } :target No No No Yes Yes
:not(s) { sRules } :not(s) No No No Yes Yes
:enabled { sRules } :enabled No No No Yes Yes
:disabled { sRules } :disabled No No No Yes Yes
:checked { sRules } :checked No No No Yes Yes
:indeterminate { sRules } :indeterminate No No No Yes Yes
:default { sRules } :default No No No No No
:valid { sRules } :valid No No No No Yes
:invalid { sRules } :invalid No No No No Yes
:in-range { sRules } :in-range No No No No No
:out-of-range { sRules } :out-of-range No No No No No
:required { sRules } :required No No No No Yes
:optional { sRules } :optional No No No No Yes
:read-only { sRules } :read-only No No No No No
:read-write { sRules } :read-write No No No No No

 

Pseudo-elements

CSS2.1:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
:after { sRules } :after No No Yes Yes* Yes*
:before { sRules } :before No No Yes Yes* Yes*
:first-letter { sRules } :first-letter Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes*
:first-line { sRules } :first-line Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes*

 

* It is recommended you use the two-colon (::) form of this pseudo-element in this version of Internet Explorer.

CSS3:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
::after { sRules } ::after No No No Yes Yes
::before { sRules } ::before No No No Yes Yes
::first-letter { sRules } ::first-letter No No No Yes Yes
::first-line { sRules } ::first-line No No No Yes Yes
::selection { sRules } ::selection No No No Yes Yes
::value { sRules } ::value No No No No No
::choices { sRules } ::choices No No No No No
::repeat-item { sRules } ::repeat-item No No No No No
::repeat-index { sRules } ::repeat-index No No No No No

 

Properties

CSS2.1:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ sRule!important  } !important Declaration Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

2-D and 3-D Transforms

CSS3:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ transform : sFunction } transform No No No Yes (2-D only) Updated (2-D and 3-D)
{ transform-origin : sOrigin } transform-origin No No No Yes (2-D only) Updated (2-D and 3-D)
{ transform-style : sStyle } transform-style No No No No Yes
{ perspective : sPerspective } perspective No No No No Yes
{ perspective-origin : sOrigin } perspective-origin No No No No Yes
{ backface-visibility : sVisibility } backface-visibility No No No No Yes

 

Animations

CSS3:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ animation-name : sAnimation } animation-name No No No No Yes
{ animation-duration : sDuration } animation-duration No No No No Yes
{ animation-timing-function : sFunction } animation-timing-function No No No No Yes
{ animation-iteration-count : iCount } animation-iteration-count No No No No Yes
{ animation-direction : sDirection } animation-direction No No No No Yes
{ animation-play-state : sVisibility } animation-play-state No No No No Yes
{ animation-delay : sDelay } animation-delay No No No No Yes
{ animation-fill-mode : sMode } animation-fill-mode No No No No Yes
{ animation : sAnimation } animation No No No No Yes

 

Border and Layout

CSS2.1:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ border : sBorder } border Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-bottom : sBottom } border-bottom Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-bottom-color : sColor } border-bottom-color Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-bottom-style : sStyle } border-bottom-style Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-bottom-width : sWidth } border-bottom-width Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-collapse : sCollapse } border-collapse Partial Partial Yes Yes Yes
{ border-color : sColor } border-color Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-left : sLeft } border-left Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-left-color : sColor } border-left-color Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-left-style : sStyle } border-left-style Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-left-width : sWidth } border-left-width Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-right : sRight} border-right Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-right-color : sColor } border-right-color Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-right-style : sStyle } border-right-style Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-right-width : sWidth } border-right-width Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-spacing : sSpacing } border-spacing No No Yes Yes Yes
{ border-style : sStyle } border-style Partial Partial Yes Yes Yes
{ border-top : sTop } border-top Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-top-color : sColor } border-top-color Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-top-style : sStyle } border-top-style Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-top-width : sWidth } border-top-width Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ border-width : sWidth } border-width Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ caption-side : sLocation } caption-side No No Yes Yes Yes
{ clear : sClear } clear Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ empty-cells : sEmptyCells } empty-cells No Partial Yes Yes Yes
{ float : sFloat } float Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ margin : sMargin } margin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ margin-bottom : sHeight } margin-bottom Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ margin-left : sWidth } margin-left Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ margin-right : sWidth } margin-right Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ margin-top : sHeight } margin-top Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ padding : sPadding } padding Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ padding-bottom : sPadding } padding-bottom Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ padding-left : sPadding } padding-left Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ padding-right : sPadding } padding-right Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ padding-top : sPadding } padding-top Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ table-layout : sLayout } table-layout Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

CSS3:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ border-break : sBreak } border-break No No No No No
{ border-image : sImage } border-image No No No No No
{ border-radius : sRadius } border-radius No No No Yes Yes
{ box-shadow : sShadow } box-shadow No No No Yes Yes

 

Color and Background

CSS2.1:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ color : sColor } color Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ background : sBackground } background Yes Yes Yes Updated Yes
{ background-attachment : sAttachment } background-attachment Partial Yes Yes Updated Yes
{ background-color : sColor } background-color Yes Yes Yes Updated Yes
{ background-image : sLocation } background-image Yes Yes Yes Updated Yes
{ background-position : sPosition } background-position Partial Partial Yes Updated Yes
{ background-repeat : sRepeat } background-repeat Yes Yes Yes Updated Yes

 

CSS3:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ color-profile : sProfile } color-profile No No No No No
{ rendering-intent : sIntent } rendering-intent No No No No No

{ background : sBackground1,

sBackground2, etc. }

background (multiple) No No No Yes Yes
{ background-clip : sClip } background-clip No No No Yes Yes
{ background-origin : sOrigin } background-origin No No No Yes Yes
{ background-break : sBreak } background-break No No No No No
{ background-size : sSize } background-size No No No Yes Yes

 

Font and Text

CSS2.1:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ direction : sDirection } direction Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ font : sFont } font Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ font-family : sFamily } font-family Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ font-size : sSize } font-size Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ font-style : sStyle } font-style Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ font-variant : sVariant } font-variant Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ font-weight : sWeight } font-weight Partial Partial Yes Yes Yes
 { letter-spacing : sSpacing } letter-spacing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
 { line-height : sHeight } line-height Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ text-align : sAlign } text-align Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ text-decoration : sDecoration } text-decoration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ text-indent : sIndent } text-indent Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ text-transform : sTransform } text-transform Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ unicode-bidi : sAlign } unicode-bidi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ vertical-align : sAlign } vertical-align Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ white-space : sWrap } white-space Partial Partial Yes Yes Yes
{ word-spacing : sSpacing } word-spacing Partial Partial Yes Yes Yes

 

CSS3:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ font-effect : sEffect } font-effect No No No No No
{ font-emphasize : sEmphasize } font-emphasize No No No No No
{ font-feature-settings : sTags } font-feature-settings No No No No Yes
{ font-size-adjust : sSizeAdjust } font-size-adjust No No No No No
{ font-smooth : sSmooth } font-smooth No No No No No
{ font-stretch : sStretch } font-stretch No No No Yes Yes
{ hanging-punctuation : sHangingPunctuation } hanging-punctuation No No No No No
{ hyphens : sHyphens } -ms-hyphens No No No No Yes
{ hyphenate-limit-zone : sZone } -ms-hyphenate-limit-zone No No No No Yes
{ hyphenate-limit-chars : iChar } -ms-hyphenate-limit-chars No No No No Yes
{ hyphenate-limit-lines : iLines } -ms-hyphenate-limit-lines No No No No Yes
{ punctuation-trim : sTrim } punctuation-trim No No No No No
{ ruby-align : sRubyAlign } ruby-align Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ ruby-overhang : sRubyOverhang } ruby-overhang Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ ruby-position : sRubyPlacement } ruby-position Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ ruby-span : sRubySpan } ruby-span No No No No No
{ text-align-last : sAlignLast } text-align-last Partial Partial Partial Partial Partial
{ text-emphasis : sEmphasis } text-emphasis No No No No No
{ text-justify : sJustify } text-justify Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ text-outline : sOutline } text-outline No No No No No
{ text-overflow : sOverflow} text-overflow Partial Partial Partial Partial Partial
{ text-shadow : sShadow } text-shadow No No No No Yes
{ text-wrap : sWrap } text-wrap No No No No No
{ word-break : sBreak } word-break Partial Partial Partial Partial Partial
{ word-wrap : sWrap } word-wrap Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ writing-mode : sFlow } writing-mode Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

Generated Content

CSS2.1:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ content : sContent } content No No Yes Yes Yes
{ counter-increment : sCounter } counter-increment No No Yes Yes Yes
{ counter-reset : sCounter } counter-reset No No Yes Yes Yes
{ quotes : sQuotes } quotes No No Yes Yes Yes

 

Lists

CSS2.1:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ list-style : sStyle } list-style Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ list-style-image : sStyle } list-style-image Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ list-style-position : sStyle } list-style-position Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ list-style-type : sStyle } list-style-type No Partial Yes Yes Yes

 

Multi-column Layout

CSS3:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ column-width : sWidth } column-width No No No No Yes
{ column-count : sCount } column-count No No No No Yes
{ columns : sColumns } columns No No No No Yes
{ column-gap : sGap } column-gap No No No No Yes
{ column-rule-color : sColor } column-rule-color No No No No Yes
{ column-rule-style : sStyle} column-rule-style No No No No Yes
{ column-rule-width : sWidth } column-rule-width No No No No Yes
{ column-rule : sRule } column-rule No No No No Yes
{ break-before : sBreak } break-before No No No No Yes
{ break-after : sBreak } break-after No No No No Yes
{ break-inside : sBreak } break-inside No No No No Yes
{ column-span : sSpan } column-span No No No No Yes
{ column-fill : sFill } column-fill No No No No Yes

 

Positioning

CSS2.1:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ bottom : sBottom } bottom Partial Partial Yes Yes Yes
{ clip : sClip } clip Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ display : sDisplay } display Partial Partial Yes Yes Yes
{ height : sHeight } height Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ left : sPosition } left Partial Partial Yes Yes Yes
{ max-height : sMaxHeight } max-height No Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ max-width : sWidth } max-width No Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ min-height : sMinHeight } min-height No Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ min-width : sMinWidth } min-width No Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ overflow : sOverflow } overflow Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ position : sPosition } position Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ right : sPosition } right Partial Partial Yes Yes Yes
{ top : sTop } top Partial Partial Yes Yes Yes
{ visibility : sVisibility } visibility Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ width : sWidth } width Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ z-index : vOrder } z-index Partial Partial Yes Yes Yes

 

CSS3:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ overflow-x : sOverflow } overflow-x Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ overflow-y : sOverflow } overflow-y Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

Printing

CSS2.1:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ orphans : nLines } orphans No No Yes Yes Yes
{ page-break-after : sBreak } page-break-after Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ page-break-before : sBreak } page-break-before Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ page-break-inside : sBreak } page-break-inside No No Yes Yes Yes
{ widows : nLines } widows No No Yes Yes Yes

 

CSS3:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ fit : sFit } fit No No No No No
{ fit-position : sPosition } fit-position No No No No No
{ image-orientation : sOrientation } image-orientation No No No No No
{ page : sPage } page No No No No No
{ size : sSize } size No No No No No

 

Transitions

CSS3:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ transition-property : sProperty } transition-property No No No No Yes
{ transition-duration : sDuration } transition-duration No No No No Yes
{ transition-timing-function : sFunction } transition-timing-function No No No No Yes
{ transition-delay : sDelay } transition-delay No No No No Yes
{ transition : sTransition } transition No No No No Yes

 

User Interface

CSS2.1:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ cursor : sCursor } cursor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
{ outline : sOutline } outline No No Yes Yes Yes
{ outline-color : sColor } outline-color No No Yes Yes Yes
{ outline-style : sStyle } outline-style No No Yes Yes Yes
{ outline-width : sWidth } outline-width No No Yes Yes Yes

 

CSS3:

    Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
{ appearance : sAppearance } appearance No No No No No
{ box-sizing : sSizing } box-sizing No No Yes Yes Yes
{ icon : sIcon } icon No No No No No
{ nav-down : sNavDown } nav-down No No No No No
{ nav-index : sIndex } nav-index No No No No No
{ nav-left : sNavLeft } nav-left No No No No No
{ nav-right : sNavRight } nav-right No No No No No
{ nav-up : sNavUp } nav-up No No No No No
{ outline-offset : sOffset } outline-offset No No No No No
{ outline-radius : sRadius } outline-radius No No No No No
{ resize : sResize } resize No No No No No

 

Speech

Internet Explorer does not support any of the CSS3 speech properties.

Media Queries

The following CSS3 media query properties are supported in Internet Explorer 9:

  • width
  • height
  • device-width
  • device-height
  • orientation
  • aspect-ratio
  • device-aspect-ratio
  • color
  • color-index
  • monochrome
  • resolution

Values

Numbers

CSS2.1:

  Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
<number> Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
<length> Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
<percentage> Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
<integer> Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

CSS3:

  Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
<angle> No No No Yes Yes
<time> No No No Yes Yes
<frequency> No No No No No

 

Strings

CSS2.1:

  Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
<string> Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
\code Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

Shapes

CSS2.1:

  Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
rect() Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

Functions

CSS2.1:

  Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
url() Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
counter() No No Yes Yes Yes
attr() No No Yes Yes Yes

 

CSS3:

  Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
calc() No No No Yes Yes

 

Gradients

CSS3:

  Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
linear-gradient() No No No No Yes
radial-gradient() No No No No Yes
repeating-linear-gradient() No No No No Yes
repeating-radial-gradient() No No No No Yes

 

Colors

CSS2.1:

  Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
<color> (names) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
<color> (#rrggbb or #rgb Notation) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
<color> (rgb(r,g,b) Notation) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
<color> (system colors) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
transparent Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

CSS3:

  Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
<color> (rgba(r,g,b,a) Notation) No No No Yes Yes
<color> (hsl(h,s,l) Notation) No No No Yes Yes
<color> (hsla(h,s,l,a) Notation) No No No Yes Yes

 

Keywords

CSS2.1:

  Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
auto Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes
inherit No No Yes Yes Yes

 

CSS3:

  Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10
initial No No No No No

 

Units

The following units are supported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 and later:

  • px
  • pt
  • pc
  • cm
  • mm
  • in
  • em
  • ex
  • %

The following CSS3 units are supported in Internet Explorer 9 and later:

  • deg
  • grad
  • rad
  • turn
  • ms
  • s
  • rem
  • vw
  • vh
  • vm
  • ch

The following units are not supported in any version of Internet Explorer:

  • Hz
  • kHz
  • gd

Cascading Style Sheets (MSDN Reference)

Cascading Style Sheets (W3C)