IE not styling HTML5 tags (with shiv)

Question

I\'m trying to style a

and it\'s not working in IE. I\'m using Modernizr, but i\'ve tried the shiv by itself.

Example code

Answer 1

With IE, even with the shiv, you need to declare the HTML 5 elements as block elements. I use this line for Internet Explorer, but you can modify it for the elements you need.

header,nav,article,footer,section,aside,figure,figcaption{display:block}

From the Modernizr Documentation:

You’ll also probably want to set many of these elements to display:block;