Display: initial for internet explorer

Question

I've made a website that works just fine in Google Chrome and Firefox, but when I run it in Internet Explorer I'm experiencing problems.

So, I have 2 slideshows on my index page but only one should show at a specific screen resolution. I created some media queries so i could set a display:none; to the slideshow I don't need at that resolution. And to make it appear again I use display:initial; but Internet Explorer doesn't support that command.

I need a way to make visible what I had invisible with display:none; in Internet Explorer.

PS: Using visibility:hidden; is not an option because it shouldn't reserve the space.

If you can help me, please reply. If you can't I thank you for reading this anyway.

Here is come of the code; it might help (I'm not sure how to post correctly, sorry):

<section id="containerGrotePage">
    <div id="page">
    <ul id="slider">
        <li><img src="images/slideshow/image2.jpg" alt="slideshow foto 1" /></li>
        <li><img src="images/slideshow/image1.jpg" alt="slideshow foto 2" /></li>
        <li><img src="images/slideshow/image3.jpg" alt="slideshow foto 3" /></li>
        <li><img src="images/slideshow/image4.jpg" alt="slideshow foto 4" /></li>
    </ul>
</div>
</section>

<div id="pageKlein">
    <ul id="sliderKlein">
        <li id="kleineSlideLi">
            <img id="fotoslideshowKlein" src="images/slideshow/image1.jpg" alt="slideshow foto 1" />
        </li>
    </ul>
<button onclick="slideshowKlein()" id="indexkleineSlideshowKnop">volgende</button>
</div>

This is what I do on the smallest screen :

#containerGrotePage{
display:none;
}
#page{
display:none;
}       
#kleineSlideLi{
background-color:black;
padding: 10px 50px 10px 50px;
}
#fotoslideshowKlein{
width:90%;
margin-left:4%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
#indexkleineSlideshowKnop{
width:90%;
margin-top:1%;
margin-left:4%;
}

first media query min:440px

@media only screen and (min-width:440px){
#container{
    margin-top:3%;
}

/*--slideshow--*/
#page {
    display:initial;
    width:600px; 
    margin:50px auto;
}
#slider {
    width:600px; 
    height:250px;

/*IE bugfix*/
    padding:0;
    margin:0;
}

media query min:610px

#slider li { 
list-style:none; 
}

#containerGrotePage{
display:initial;
display:block;
width:600px;
margin-top:2%;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
}

#pageKlein{
display:none;
}
#page {
    display:initial;
width:600px; 
margin:50px auto;
}
#slider {
width:600px; 
height:250px;

/*IE bugfix*/
padding:0;
margin:0;
}

media query min:715px

#slider {
width:600px;
height:250px;

/*IE bugfix*/
padding:0;
margin:0;
}

#slider li {
    list-style:none;
}

#page {
width:600px;
margin:50px auto;
}

I hope the information I provided is useful.

ContainerGrotePage is the big slideshow, BTW and pageklein is the small one. I speak Dutch, so some names might not make sense to English speakers. :)

Thanks in advance guys!

Answer 1

I found a solution that allows you to do it in IE and Chrome. Here, scroll to the bottom.

Long story short, IE doesn't accept display = "initial". So the trick is doing it with display = "" instead. I.e.,

if(...){
    a.style.display = "none";
    b.style.display = "";
}
else{
    a.style.display = "";
    b.style.display = "none";
}

Answer 2

This functions in a css file, if you need to set initial (both lines):

display: inline;

display: initial;