Bootstrap navbar not visible in IE8

Question

I know this question has been asked several times and i checked through all the possible solutions but none worked perfectly for me.

Here is my problem: I am using bootstrap 3.2 and i have created a navbar working perfectly in chrome, firefox and latest IE but not in IE8,7. I tried adding the following files but it didnt help:

<!--[if lt IE 9]>
      <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/html5shiv/3.7.2/html5shiv.min.js"></script>
      <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>
    <![endif]-->

Other than that, i tried adding: filter: none !important; and removed .collapse{display:none} But after playing with these things i got a menu in vertical position rather than horizontal. Here are the two images showing the dropdown menu Before and After the hacks i tried.

IE8

IE11

After removing .collapse{display:none}

Here is my code:

<div class="navbar navbar-inverse">
  <div class="navbar-collapse collapse navbar-responsive-collapse">
    <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
      <li class="active"> <a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/home/homePage.jsp"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-home"></span> </a> </li>
      <li class="dropdown">
        <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Tipologie mandrini</a>
        <ul class="dropdown-menu">
          <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/tipologieMandrini/new/viewNewContent.jsp">  <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil"></span> Inserersi nuovo modello</a></li>
          <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/tipologieMandrini/ricerca/viewRicerca.jsp"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span> Ricerca</a></li>
          <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/tipologieMandrini/view/viewHomeContent.jsp"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-list"></span> Visita</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li class="dropdown">
        <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Singoli mandrini</a>
        <ul class="dropdown-menu">
          <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/singoliMandrini/new/viewNewContent.jsp"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil"></span> Inserersi nuovo mandrini</a></li>
          <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/singoliMandrini/ricerca/viewRicerca.jsp"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span> Ricerca</a></li>
          <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/singoliMandrini/view/viewHomeContent.jsp"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-list"></span> Visita</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li class="dropdown">
        <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Macchine</a>
        <ul class="dropdown-menu">
          <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/macchine/new/viewNewContent.jsp"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil"></span> Inserersi nuovo macchina</a></li>
          <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/macchine/ricerca/viewRicerca.jsp"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span> Ricerca</a></li>
          <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/macchine/view/viewHomeContent.jsp"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-list"></span> Visita</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li class="dropdown">
        <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Montaggio</a>
        <ul class="dropdown-menu">
          <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/montaggio/new/viewNewContent.jsp"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil"></span> Inserersi nuovo montaggio</a></li>
          <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/montaggio/ricerca/viewRicerca.jsp"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span> Ricerca</a></li>
          <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/montaggio/view/viewHomeContent.jsp"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-list"></span> Visita</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li class="dropdown">
        <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Smontaggio</a>
        <ul class="dropdown-menu">
          <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/smontaggio/new/viewNewContent.jsp"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil"></span> Inserersi nuovo Smontaggio</a></li>
          <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/smontaggio/ricerca/viewRicerca.jsp"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span> Ricerca</a></li>
          <li><a href="#"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-list"></span> Visita</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li class="dropdown">
        <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">SKF SF riparazione</a>
        <ul class="dropdown-menu">
          <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/SKFsfRepair/new/viewNewContent.jsp"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil"></span> Inserersi riparazione</a></li>
          <li><a href="#"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span> Ricerca</a></li>
          <li><a href="#"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-list"></span> Visita</a></li>
          <li class="dropdown-submenu">
             <a href="#">Ship</a>
             <ul class="dropdown-menu">
               <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/SKFsfRepair/ship/new/viewNewContent.jsp">Ship to Cassino</a></li>
             </ul>
          </li>

           <li class="dropdown-submenu">
             <a href="#">Accept</a>
             <ul class="dropdown-menu">
               <li><a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/modules/SKFsfRepair/accept/viewAcceptContent.jsp">Accept spindle(s)</a></li>
             </ul>
          </li>

        </ul>
      </li>
      <li class="dropdown">
        <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Altro fornitore</a>
        <ul class="dropdown-menu">
          <li><a href="#"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil"></span> Inserersi altro fornitore</a></li>
          <li><a href="#"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span> Ricerca</a></li>
          <li><a href="#"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-list"></span> Visita</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>

  </div>
</div>

NOTE: I am using YETI theme provided here: http://bootswatch.com/yeti/

Answer 1

I believe there is an answer to your problem over here: IE8 issue with Twitter Bootstrap 3.

It appears that respond.js only works for local files. The referenced stackoverflow article mentions tring your website on IE8 with a local copy of bootstrap.css. Hope this helps.