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

Sometimes custom elements (which is how we convince IE to use HTML5 tags) are inline by default. Try adding the following piece of CSS:

section,
header {
    display: block;
}