Creating conditional comments with XSLT?

Question

I want to create conditional comments in XSLT.

But when I use this:

<!-- [If IE7] [endif] -->

in an <xsl:comment>, XSLT removes it from the output when it is rendered.

Is there any way to create conditional comments in XSLT?

Answer 1

Simply use an <xsl:comment> tag and include your comment within the tag.

For example:

<xsl:if test="@id = '1'">
  <xsl:comment>
    <![CDATA[[if IE]><![endif]]]>
  </xsl:comment>
</xsl:if>

Taming Your Multiple IE Standalones is a great article on this subject.