Different CSS for each browser?

Question

Is there a way to load a different CSS file for a specific browser?

like (poor pseudo code):

if firefox


        

Answer 1

Ideal solution you want does not exist:

Unfortunately, a cross browser solution does not exist IF you are trying to do it on the HTML itself. However, it will work for most versions of IE. Like such:

So the best solution:

How about a Javascript solution like such: Browser Detection. Read a bit about this class to better clarify, what that file is basically doing is simply the concept like such:

var browser = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('chrome') > -1 ? 'chrome' : 'other';

Obviously, it does more than just detect type of browser. In fact, it knows the version, OS, and much more detail that you can read about in that link. But, it does go and check all the types of browsers by replacing 'chrome' with 'mozilla', 'explorer' and so on...

Then to add your css files, just follow up with conditional statements like so:

if (BrowserDetect.browser.indexOf("chrome")>-1) {
document.write('<'+'link rel="stylesheet" href="../component/chromeCSSStyles.css" />');
} else if (BrowserDetect.browser.indexOf("mozilla")>-1) {
    document.write('<'+'link rel="stylesheet" href="../component/mozillaStyles.css" />');
} else if (BrowserDetect.browser.indexOf("explorer")>-1) {
    document.write('<'+'link rel="stylesheet" href="../component/explorerStyles.css" />');
}

Good luck and hope this helps!