--- a/utils.py	Wed Mar 10 12:19:55 2010 +0100
+++ b/utils.py	Wed Mar 10 12:37:34 2010 +0100
@@ -195,10 +195,10 @@
         if (cssfile, media) not in self.cssfiles:
             self.cssfiles.append( (cssfile, media) )
 
-    def add_ie_css(self, cssfile, media='all'):
+    def add_ie_css(self, cssfile, media='all', iespec=u'[if lt IE 8]'):
         """registers some IE specific CSS"""
-        if (cssfile, media) not in self.ie_cssfiles:
-            self.ie_cssfiles.append( (cssfile, media) )
+        if (cssfile, media, iespec) not in self.ie_cssfiles:
+            self.ie_cssfiles.append( (cssfile, media, iespec) )
 
     def add_unload_pagedata(self):
         """registers onunload callback to clean page data on server"""
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@
               (media, xml_escape(cssfile)))
         # 3/ ie css if necessary
         if self.ie_cssfiles:
-            w(u'<!--[if lt IE 8]>\n')
-            for cssfile, media in self.ie_cssfiles:
+            for cssfile, media, iespec in self.ie_cssfiles:
+                w(u'<!--%s>\n' % iespec)
                 w(u'<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="%s" href="%s"/>\n' %
                   (media, xml_escape(cssfile)))
             w(u'<![endif]--> \n')

--- a/web/request.py	Wed Mar 10 12:19:55 2010 +0100
+++ b/web/request.py	Wed Mar 10 12:37:34 2010 +0100
@@ -492,26 +492,33 @@
                 jsfile = self.datadir_url + jsfile
             self.html_headers.add_js(jsfile)
 
-    def add_css(self, cssfiles, media=u'all', localfile=True, ieonly=False):
+    def add_css(self, cssfiles, media=u'all', localfile=True, ieonly=False,
+                iespec=u'[if lt IE 8]'):
         """specify a CSS file to include in the HTML headers
         :param cssfiles: a CSS filename or a list of CSS filenames
         :param media: the CSS's media if necessary
         :param localfile: if True, the default data dir prefix is added to the
                           CSS filename
+        :param ieonly: True if this css is specific to IE
+        :param iespec: conditional expression that will be used around
+                       the css inclusion. cf:
+                       http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537512(VS.85).aspx
         """
         if isinstance(cssfiles, basestring):
             cssfiles = (cssfiles,)
         if ieonly:
             if self.ie_browser():
+                extraargs = [iespec]
                 add_css = self.html_headers.add_ie_css
             else:
                 return # no need to do anything on non IE browsers
         else:
+            extraargs = []
             add_css = self.html_headers.add_css
         for cssfile in cssfiles:
             if localfile:
                 cssfile = self.datadir_url + cssfile
-            add_css(cssfile, media)
+            add_css(cssfile, media, *extraargs)
 
     def build_ajax_replace_url(self, nodeid, rql, vid, replacemode='replace',
                                **extraparams):