Css attribute selector for inputs not working in IE8

Question

I have the following css code working in Firefox/Chrome but not in IE8

input[type=\'text\']
{
    float: right;
    width: 170px;
}

If I re

Answer 1

IE7 and IE8 support attribute selectors only if a !DOCTYPE is specified. Attribute selection is NOT supported in IE6 and lower.

Answer 2

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Used to jquery

As like this

$('input[type="text"]').css({float: 'right'});

Answer 3

According to http://reference.sitepoint.com/css/css3attributeselectors#compatibilitysection attribute selectors are quite buggy in IE8

You might want to try just using classes on those input fields you want to select