Re: How can I give an element a semi-transparent background?

Trond Michelsen wrote:

I have a transparent PNG-image that I would like to display on top of
the rest of the web page. I've already got this part working. But, I'd
like the background (as in "the part of the image that is transparent"),
to be semi transparent instead.

Why not alter the PNG to have a semi-transparent background, instead of
fully transparent? At the risk of answering my own question, IE 6 or
eariler would make such a PNG entirely opaque. But that may be the
case already, depending on which transparency style your PNG uses.
8-bit PNGs have essentially the same capabilities as GIFs, except
without animation. There is a 256 color limit, with "transparent"
counting as a color. IE 6 displays these correctly. There are also
32-bit PNGs, where each pixel can be any color at any opacity. IE 6
renders these incorrectly, and the result is essentially the intended
image plastered onto a solid gray rectangle. IE 7 promises to display
these images correctly.

I'd be glad to alter your PNG for you if you don't mind alienating IE 6
users.

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