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I am creating a site using the new Twitter Bootstrap. The site looks fine and works in all required browsers except IE8.
In IE8 it seems to be displaying elements of the mobile version but stretched across the full screen of my desktop. I believe the problem I'm having is that Twitter bootstrap is mobile first. So for some reason IE8 is going for this option.
I also notice that the container class does not seem to be pulling in the max-width CSS properties as intended. Can anyone see what I've done wrong?
<!-- Favicon -->
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">
<!-- Bootstrap -->
<link href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.0-rc1/css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/3.2.1/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="/SiteFiles/js/modernizr.js"></script>
<!-- CSS -->
<link href="/SiteFiles/css/main.css" rel="stylesheet">
<header>
<div class="topArea clearfix">
<div class="container">
<div class="topLinks">
<div class="btn-group">
<span class="flag" data-toggle="dropdown"> </span>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="#">Country 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Country 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Country 3</a></li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li><a href="#">Country 4</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Country 5</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Country 6</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="visible-sm btn-group">
<div class="plus" data-toggle="dropdown"><i class="icon-plus icon-2x"> </i></div>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="#">Parts & Service</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Store Locator</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Find a Service Centre</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Parts List</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Tool Vibration</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Resource Centre</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Media Centre</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Register your Tools</a></li>
<li><a href="#">About Us</a></li>
<li><a href="#">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-default">Where to Buy</button></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="topNav">
<ul class="hidden-sm">
<li>
<div class="btn-group">
<a href="#" data-toggle="dropdown">Parts & Service</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="#">Store Locator</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Find a Service Centre</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Parts List</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Tool Vibration</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Resource Centre</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Media Centre</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Register your Tools</a></li>
<li><a href="#">About Us</a></li>
<li><a href="#">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-default">Where to Buy</button></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="searchArea">
<input type="text" />
<a href="#" class="goBtn">GO</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mainNavArea">
<div class="container rel">
<div class="logo">
<img src="/SiteFiles/img/logo.png" title="Milwaukee - Nothing but heavy duty" alt="Milwaukee - Nothing but heavy duty" />
</div>
<div class="navi">
<div class="navbar">
<div class="container">
<!-- .navbar-toggle is used as the toggle for collapsed navbar content -->
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-responsive-collapse">
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
<!-- Place everything within .navbar-collapse to hide it until above 768px -->
<div class="nav-collapse collapse navbar-responsive-collapse">
<ul class="nav nav-justified">
<li><span class="dropArrow"> </span><span class="topNavPosition">Power Tools</span>
<div class="navDrop">
<div class="navDropInner">
<div class="row">
<div class="hidden-sm col-sm-4 col-lg-4">
<img src="/SiteFiles/img/drill.jpg" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="col-12 col-sm-8 col-lg-8">
<h2>Power Tools</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-6 col-sm-6 col-lg-6">
<a href="#">Cutters</a>
<a href="#">Levels</a>
<a href="#">Pliers</a>
<a href="#">Saws</a>
<a href="#">Screwdrivers</a>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-sm-6 col-lg-6">
<a href="#">Snips</a>
<a href="#">Utility Knives</a>
<a href="#">Combo Knives</a>
<a href="#">Hand Tool Accessories</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<a href="#" class="closeNav">X</a>
</div>
</li>
<li><span class="dropArrow"> </span><span class="topNavPosition">Hand Tools</span>
<div class="navDrop">
<div class="navDropInner">
<div class="row">
<div class="hidden-sm col-sm-4 col-lg-4">
<img src="/SiteFiles/img/drill.jpg" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="col-12 col-sm-8 col-lg-8">
<h2>Hand Tools</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-6 col-sm-6 col-lg-6">
<a href="#">Cutters</a>
<a href="#">Levels</a>
<a href="#">Pliers</a>
<a href="#">Saws</a>
<a href="#">Screwdrivers</a>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-sm-6 col-lg-6">
<a href="#">Snips</a>
<a href="#">Utility Knives</a>
<a href="#">Combo Knives</a>
<a href="#">Hand Tool Accessories</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<a href="#" class="closeNav">X</a>
</div>
</li>
<li><span class="dropArrow"> </span><span class="topNavPosition">Test & Measurement</span>
<div class="navDrop">
<div class="navDropInner">
<div class="row">
<div class="hidden-sm col-sm-4 col-lg-4">
<img src="/SiteFiles/img/drill.jpg" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="col-12 col-sm-8 col-lg-8">
<h2>Test & Measurement</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-6 col-sm-6 col-lg-6">
<a href="#">Cutters</a>
<a href="#">Levels</a>
<a href="#">Pliers</a>
<a href="#">Saws</a>
<a href="#">Screwdrivers</a>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-sm-6 col-lg-6">
<a href="#">Snips</a>
<a href="#">Utility Knives</a>
<a href="#">Combo Knives</a>
<a href="#">Hand Tool Accessories</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<a href="#" class="closeNav">X</a>
</div>
</li>
<li><span class="dropArrow"> </span><span class="topNavPosition">Accessories</span>
<div class="navDrop">
<div class="navDropInner">
<div class="row">
<div class="hidden-sm col-sm-4 col-lg-4">
<img src="/SiteFiles/img/drill.jpg" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="col-12 col-sm-8 col-lg-8">
<h2>Accessories</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-6 col-sm-6 col-lg-6">
<a href="#">Cutters</a>
<a href="#">Levels</a>
<a href="#">Pliers</a>
<a href="#">Saws</a>
<a href="#">Screwdrivers</a>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-sm-6 col-lg-6">
<a href="#">Snips</a>
<a href="#">Utility Knives</a>
<a href="#">Combo Knives</a>
<a href="#">Hand Tool Accessories</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<a href="#" class="closeNav">X</a>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- /.nav-collapse -->
</div>
<!-- /.container -->
</div>
<!-- /.navbar -->
</div>
</div>
</div>
</header>
I have a fix for this issue. Actually IE7 and 8 doesnt support the @media properly and if you check the css for “col-md-*” classes and there width is given in media width 992px. Just create a new css file IE eg: IE.css and add in the conditional comments. And then just copy the classes required for your design directly with any media queries there and you are done.
You got your CSS from CDN (bootstrapcdn.com) respond.js only works for local files. So try your website on IE8 with a local copy of bootstrap.css. Or read: CDN/X-Domain Setup
Note See also: https://github.com/scottjehl/Respond/pull/206Update:
Please read: http://getbootstrap.com/getting-started/#support
See also: https://github.com/scottjehl/Respond
For this reason the basic template contains these lines in the head section:
I had this same issue when transitioning from Bootstrap 2 to 3. I'd already got respond.js and html5shiv.js and set my meta to edge. I'd missed that from 2 to 3 the navbar element type had changed. In Bootstrap 2 it was nav. In Bootstrap 3 it's now header. So to fully resolve the problem I had to
Put this right after I'd loaded my css:
and then change
to
Oh and for good measure I also added
simply because that's what the Bootstrap site itself has.
I also had to set the following META tag:
As previously stated there are two different problems: 1) IE8 doesn't support media queries 2) respond.js used in conjunction with cross-domain css files must be included as described before.
If you want to use BootstrapCDN here's a working example:
Also make sure to copy respond.proxy.gif, respond.min.js and response.proxy.js in local directories
my head tag is like this:
if you want to try in local...try through localhost, or create a QA server and set the content and try.
We need respond.js for bootstrap 3 and it wont work in local machine if we just put it in js and append it to html in header. It will say access denied. it works only through server as IE has security restriction. :P