Recently I wrote an article on CSS3: Rounded CSS Corners, which is a great solution for creating rounded corners. However, Internet Explorer doesn’t yet support it, but there is a solution which this article explains.
The following two links demonstrate a working version and also a zip file so you can download everything you need to get this working.
The HTML is pretty straight forward and uses the code from another article – HTML5 tutorial: Getting Started.
In order to get the rounded corners working in IE you’ll need JQuery and the JQuery corner script both of which are included in the above zip file which I’ve then referenced from the HTML.
<script src="js/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/jquery.corner.js"></script>
Next you’ll simply need to tell the browser which corners you want to be rounded.
<script>
$("#container").corner();
$("section").corner();
$("aside").corner();
$("#main-navigation a").corner("top 5px");
</script>
If you’re familiar with CSS at all then you should be able to easily see how this is applied using JavaScript as we’re simply using the element, ID or class within the quotes to target that part of the HTML.
Summary
And that’s all there is to it. You can create all kinds of rounded corner effects as shown on the rounded corners demo site. Up until now, I’ve always created rounded corners using this method but seeing the simplicity of this Jquery solution, I am tempted to switch for Internet Explorer at least and rely on CSS3 for Webkit and Mozilla browsers.
What do you think? Are you still using images for rounded corner solutions or are the JavaScript and CSS3 methods becoming much more wide spread in the development community?
Chris Coppenbarger
10 months ago
Just a note that the corners script pulls the background color from the topmost parent div that has a background color.
See the front page of http://www.ciu.edu in IE for an example of how this solution still doesn’t always work in IE. It’s the gallery at the top.
Dave
10 months ago
Thanks for the info Chris… I agree it’s probably not the solution for every eventuality and that for opacity you may need further JavaScript or revert back to using graphics but for simple rounded corners it’s definitely worth considering.
Jermayn
10 months ago
I am toying with the idea to use this for our current redesign of a site which already has the CS3 method.
Iain
10 months ago
The zip is empty when i download it…?
Dave Woods
6 months ago
Hi Iain, Sorry about that, the zip file and link should now be working again.
sssss
6 months ago
thx worked in IE but not support border radius plz advice
Dave Woods
6 months ago
@sssss – Border radius isn’t supported by IE which is why you’ll need to use the jQuery method above if you want to create rounded corners in IE (without using images).
If you’d rather not use JavaScript then may I suggest the following method: http://www.dave-woods.co.uk/index.php/css-rounded-corners-revisited/
Szalonna
6 months ago
Hi
I would add Opera support as:
var opera = $.brower.opera && $.brower.version >=9;
…
$.fn.uncorner = function() {
if (moz || webkit || opera) return;
this.css(moz ? ‘-moz-border-radius’ : ( webkit ? ‘-webkit-border-radius’ : ‘border-radius’, 0) , 0);
$(‘div.jquery-corner’, this).remove();
return this;
};
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