Alright, so I'm trying to implement text-shadow across various browsers. I have IE6, IE7, FF, Chrome, and Opera all working... but IE8 wont' show any shadows unless it is in 'Compatibility View'.
I've looked at a number of 'solutions' via search / Google, but the shadow is still only appearing in 'Compatibility View'.
Any ideas on how to get it to show up without having to change modes?
Note: Using HTML5 Boilerplate and Modernizr.
edit: Added that I'm using Modernizr, and I clicked the wrong button in my tester. This isn't working in IE9 either, but I don't think it is related.
CSS:
#links li a {
font-size: 24px;
text-shadow: 0 3px 3px #102530, 0 3px 3px #102530;
/* For IE 8 */
-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(Strength=4, Direction=90, Color='#102530')";
/* For IE 5.5 - 7 */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(Strength=4, Direction=90, Color='#102530');
filter:DropShadow(Color=#102530, OffX=0, OffY=3);
zoom: 1;
}
HTML
<ul id="links">
<li><a href="#"/>Text</a></li>
</ul>
A website must not necessarily look the same in every browser. Plus MS filters are crap. I would recommend to use Modernizer an apply a different solution for IE8.
It will save you from headaches :)