> Hi everyone, > > I've successfully got the opacity filter working okay for a background > that > displays an image. > > The problem is the image is also made transparent, > see http://www.explorerexperience.com.au/gallery.shtml > CSS: here http://www.explorerexperience.com.au/styles/image.css > > Anyone know how to keep the background transparent and have the text and > image not? >
My suggestion would be to use an Alpha-transparent PNG and use something like Dean Edward's IE7 to ensure it displays correctly in IE 5.5 & 6. (Don't forget to name the file with "-trans.png", in the IE7 case.) However, I recently confused myself trying to do something similar; I put a 1-pixel black repeated background positioned overtop of a another black element (body background), and it went gray (btw #333 & #555). I had assumed 50% #000 on top of #000 would yeild #000, but unless I did something wrong in generating the PNG, it didn't, even in better-behaved browsers (like FF and OP). This threw off my intuition using Alpha transparency, so I instead used the various opacity properties for each browser (because I didn't mind the opacity inheriting). (If the reasoning doesn't make sense, it was for a sonofsuckerfish dropdown over an image gallery; so the menu would obscure the image while keeping it visible, but would blend with the background. I don't just make overly complicated black-on-black elements for fun.) The PNG solution should work, however, with some javascript to make sure IE applies its PNG Alpha filter. HTH, Derek ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
