Re: [css-d] problem with opacity

2012-02-16 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Feb 17, 2012, at 4:45 AM, Tim Arnold wrote: > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Angela French wrote: > >> It appears that this background color is inheriting the opacity of the >> div it lives in as the white background-color seems to have no effect. I >> have even reset the opacity of this

Re: [css-d] problem with opacity

2012-02-16 Thread Paceaux
instead of opacity, try setting the transparency of the background for your DIV with RGBA or HSLA. background: rgba(250, 250, 250, .4); Frank M Taylor http://frankmtaylor.com @paceaux On Feb 16, 2012, at 12:38 PM, Angela French wrote: > Hello, > I am wanting to achieve the follo

Re: [css-d] problem with opacity

2012-02-16 Thread Angela French
, February 16, 2012 11:45 AM To: Angela French Cc: css-d (css-d@lists.css-discuss.org) Subject: Re: [css-d] problem with opacity On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Angela French mailto:afre...@sbctc.edu>> wrote: It appears that this background color is inheriting the opacity of the div it lives

Re: [css-d] problem with opacity

2012-02-16 Thread Tim Arnold
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Angela French wrote: > It appears that this background color is inheriting the opacity of the > div it lives in as the white background-color seems to have no effect. I > have even reset the opacity of this by setting it to 100. > > Yes, the opacity css propert

[css-d] problem with opacity

2012-02-16 Thread Angela French
Hello, I am wanting to achieve the following effect: A div with a white background color with a 40% opacity. This div is absolutely positioned over a picture so that that picture comes through the div because of its opacity setting. This part works fine. Then in that div I want to use a tag