In normalize.css some selectors' properties are preceded by the * sign

[terungwa]

I noticed in the normalize.css file that some selectors’ properties are preceded by the * sign like this:

audio, canvas, video { display: inline-block; *display: inline; *zoom: 1; }

What doe the * sign in front of display and zoom represent? Regards.

[SilverSerpent]

I believe those are hacks to make those values only apply to old versions of Internet explorer

[jurotek]

*display:inline and zoom:1 targets ie below ie8 to display those elements as if they were inline-block

[terungwa]

Thanks SilverSerpent and jurotek.

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