On May 24, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Eric A. Meyer wrote: > At 3:34 PM -0400 5/24/10, Matthew wrote: > >> I am wrestling with setting the opacity on background colors on a div to >> expose a pattern behind it. However I can't figure out how to keep the >> elements contained with in it at 100% opacity. Please see this page to see >> what I mean: >> >> http://em-w.com/portPages/port_homeandhearth1.html >> >> I would like the main image and the text to remain a solid color, while the >> white background has a 50% opacity level. > > div {background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.5); > > That won't work in IE/Win, I believe, but it will in pretty much anything > else of recent vintage. Alternatively, you could create a smallish PNG which > is all white and has 50% opacity and drop it into the background of the div. > That will work in all current browsers including IE/Win. > > -- > Eric A. Meyer (http://meyerweb.com/eric/), List Chaperone > "CSS is much too interesting and elegant to be not taken seriously." > -- Martina Kosloff (http://mako4css.com/)
> Alternatively, you could create a smallish PNG which is all white and has 50% > opacity and drop it into the background of the div. That will work in all > current browsers including IE/Win. This did the trick! Thank you! ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
