CSS only Transparent background in DIV with child elements opaque
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I have a slight issue, tried everything to make this work, half the time I can get the background to be 100% transparent so you don't see it and have the other child elements opaque, but all I want is the background to be 50% transparent so the main background is showing through it. First, here is an image of one of the pages. I want the black border to be semi transparent (50%) but everything else inside this area to appear as it is 100% opaque (that is all child elements inside the body_wrapper): http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/8008/webpage.jpg[^] Here is the code in my CSS file that controls the DIV tag (the "background: #000000;" is the black background code that I wanted to have semi transparent:
.body_wrapper {
padding: 0 20px 20px; background: #000000; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; \_display: inline;}
The only thing is that I can't modify anything on my HTML pages as I have too many and have to do all this with my CSS file. I have been looking all over and tried a few things but nothing seems to work, can anyone help?
In the end we're all just the same
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I have a slight issue, tried everything to make this work, half the time I can get the background to be 100% transparent so you don't see it and have the other child elements opaque, but all I want is the background to be 50% transparent so the main background is showing through it. First, here is an image of one of the pages. I want the black border to be semi transparent (50%) but everything else inside this area to appear as it is 100% opaque (that is all child elements inside the body_wrapper): http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/8008/webpage.jpg[^] Here is the code in my CSS file that controls the DIV tag (the "background: #000000;" is the black background code that I wanted to have semi transparent:
.body_wrapper {
padding: 0 20px 20px; background: #000000; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; \_display: inline;}
The only thing is that I can't modify anything on my HTML pages as I have too many and have to do all this with my CSS file. I have been looking all over and tried a few things but nothing seems to work, can anyone help?
In the end we're all just the same
Give this a try. Replace the .body_child with whatever class name you have used. The wrapper should give you 50% opacity (transparency) and the transparency removed for the child.
.body_wrapper {
padding: 0 20px 20px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
_display: inline;
background-color: #000000; /* the background */
filter:alpha(opacity=50); /* Internet Explorer */
-moz-opacity:0.5; /* Mozilla 1.6 and below */
-webkit-opacity:0.5; /* Safari */
opacity: 0.5; /* newer Mozilla and CSS-3 */
}
.body_child {
filter:alpha(opacity=100);
-moz-opacity:1.0;
opacity: 1.0;
-webkit-opacity: 1.0;
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Give this a try. Replace the .body_child with whatever class name you have used. The wrapper should give you 50% opacity (transparency) and the transparency removed for the child.
.body_wrapper {
padding: 0 20px 20px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
_display: inline;
background-color: #000000; /* the background */
filter:alpha(opacity=50); /* Internet Explorer */
-moz-opacity:0.5; /* Mozilla 1.6 and below */
-webkit-opacity:0.5; /* Safari */
opacity: 0.5; /* newer Mozilla and CSS-3 */
}
.body_child {
filter:alpha(opacity=100);
-moz-opacity:1.0;
opacity: 1.0;
-webkit-opacity: 1.0;
}Hi Richard, that seems like a great solution, but I came across a snag, not to do with the code you posted (it would work fine) but more to myself, a small problem that I created meaning I can't use that code. All the code for child elements inside the body_wrapper are on my webpages, not my CSS and now I have over 300 webpages and can't go in and put the code in the CSS file as it would take to long to put the code there and remove the code from each page :sigh: I had an idea though but couldn't find a solution that uses a CSS file only. I have a background image I wanted to use instead of this:
background-color: #000000; /* the background */
Now I wanted the whole image to be 50% transparent like what I wanted to do before I realised my screw up. I have looked about and only found ways of making parts of the image transparent when you insert them on a webpage, but is is possible to make the whole image semi transparent? This would solve my issue then as the image would be transparent and I wouldn't have to modify any more code to fix the parent/child transparecy issue. Thanks David McCormick
In the end we're all just the same
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Hi Richard, that seems like a great solution, but I came across a snag, not to do with the code you posted (it would work fine) but more to myself, a small problem that I created meaning I can't use that code. All the code for child elements inside the body_wrapper are on my webpages, not my CSS and now I have over 300 webpages and can't go in and put the code in the CSS file as it would take to long to put the code there and remove the code from each page :sigh: I had an idea though but couldn't find a solution that uses a CSS file only. I have a background image I wanted to use instead of this:
background-color: #000000; /* the background */
Now I wanted the whole image to be 50% transparent like what I wanted to do before I realised my screw up. I have looked about and only found ways of making parts of the image transparent when you insert them on a webpage, but is is possible to make the whole image semi transparent? This would solve my issue then as the image would be transparent and I wouldn't have to modify any more code to fix the parent/child transparecy issue. Thanks David McCormick
In the end we're all just the same
David, You might be able to do something like
.body_wrapper {
background-image:url(path_to/image_name.jpg); /* add repeat or no-repeat or repeat-x or repeat-y as necessary (or not at all) */
height:100%; /* use as necessary */
filter:alpha(opacity=50);
-moz-opacity:0.5;
-webkit-opacity:0.5;
opacity: 0.5;
}Because of CSS inheritance rules http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/cascade.html[^], the above might not do what you want
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Hi Richard, that seems like a great solution, but I came across a snag, not to do with the code you posted (it would work fine) but more to myself, a small problem that I created meaning I can't use that code. All the code for child elements inside the body_wrapper are on my webpages, not my CSS and now I have over 300 webpages and can't go in and put the code in the CSS file as it would take to long to put the code there and remove the code from each page :sigh: I had an idea though but couldn't find a solution that uses a CSS file only. I have a background image I wanted to use instead of this:
background-color: #000000; /* the background */
Now I wanted the whole image to be 50% transparent like what I wanted to do before I realised my screw up. I have looked about and only found ways of making parts of the image transparent when you insert them on a webpage, but is is possible to make the whole image semi transparent? This would solve my issue then as the image would be transparent and I wouldn't have to modify any more code to fix the parent/child transparecy issue. Thanks David McCormick
In the end we're all just the same
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I have a slight issue, tried everything to make this work, half the time I can get the background to be 100% transparent so you don't see it and have the other child elements opaque, but all I want is the background to be 50% transparent so the main background is showing through it. First, here is an image of one of the pages. I want the black border to be semi transparent (50%) but everything else inside this area to appear as it is 100% opaque (that is all child elements inside the body_wrapper): http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/8008/webpage.jpg[^] Here is the code in my CSS file that controls the DIV tag (the "background: #000000;" is the black background code that I wanted to have semi transparent:
.body_wrapper {
padding: 0 20px 20px; background: #000000; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; \_display: inline;}
The only thing is that I can't modify anything on my HTML pages as I have too many and have to do all this with my CSS file. I have been looking all over and tried a few things but nothing seems to work, can anyone help?
In the end we're all just the same
Try this:
.body_wrapper
{
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}It will work in browsers that support CSS3, which is becoming more common. Don't know about earlier IE's in particular though, I'm sorry to say. The above code simply sets the div to have a semi-transparent background (approx. 50% black). It's called ARGB. HTH.
modified on Saturday, August 7, 2010 3:11 AM
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Try this:
.body_wrapper
{
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}It will work in browsers that support CSS3, which is becoming more common. Don't know about earlier IE's in particular though, I'm sorry to say. The above code simply sets the div to have a semi-transparent background (approx. 50% black). It's called ARGB. HTH.
modified on Saturday, August 7, 2010 3:11 AM
Thanks all got it :) . I tried the rgba(0,0,0,0.5); and it worked, but not on IE so I thought and then did this and now it works in IE:
.Body_Wrapper { background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#80000000,endColorstr=#80000000); zoom: 1; /* Force hasLayout in IE. */ }In the end we're all just the same
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Thanks all got it :) . I tried the rgba(0,0,0,0.5); and it worked, but not on IE so I thought and then did this and now it works in IE:
.Body_Wrapper { background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#80000000,endColorstr=#80000000); zoom: 1; /* Force hasLayout in IE. */ }In the end we're all just the same
Glad to help. ;)
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Glad to help. ;)
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I have only one issue with the code, although it works and now works on IE, on IE any text in child elements does not look smooth: Page on IE: http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5572/webpageie.jpg[^] Same page on Google Chrome: http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/985/webpagechrome.jpg[^] Is there any way of making the text in the child elements appear normal in IE?
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I have only one issue with the code, although it works and now works on IE, on IE any text in child elements does not look smooth: Page on IE: http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5572/webpageie.jpg[^] Same page on Google Chrome: http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/985/webpagechrome.jpg[^] Is there any way of making the text in the child elements appear normal in IE?
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Using proprietary filters in IE generally causes strange side effects. All I can say: http://dowebsitesneedtolookexactlythesameineverybrowser.com/ ;P
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I have only one issue with the code, although it works and now works on IE, on IE any text in child elements does not look smooth: Page on IE: http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5572/webpageie.jpg[^] Same page on Google Chrome: http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/985/webpagechrome.jpg[^] Is there any way of making the text in the child elements appear normal in IE?
In the end we're all just the same
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Browsers do not render all content exactly the same. But using a reset.css such as via here http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/[^] does help.
I already use a reset CSS, but thanks
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Using proprietary filters in IE generally causes strange side effects. All I can say: http://dowebsitesneedtolookexactlythesameineverybrowser.com/ ;P
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However, IE being the default broswer that a lot use, I would like the transparacy to work well in it, I use google analytics and more people view my current site in IE than in other browsers, and if the text doesn't look smooth and normal on it, its not really going to help much, its not so much important that the website doesn't look 100% in other browsers as I can say this on my home page.
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However, IE being the default broswer that a lot use, I would like the transparacy to work well in it, I use google analytics and more people view my current site in IE than in other browsers, and if the text doesn't look smooth and normal on it, its not really going to help much, its not so much important that the website doesn't look 100% in other browsers as I can say this on my home page.
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All I can say mate, is good luck. IE is a bitch to design for. End of story. Until IE9 is mainstream, IE is going to be the most hated browser for web designers. Trust me, not-so-smooth text seriously is the least of your worries. People aren't going to immediately leave because of it.
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All I can say mate, is good luck. IE is a bitch to design for. End of story. Until IE9 is mainstream, IE is going to be the most hated browser for web designers. Trust me, not-so-smooth text seriously is the least of your worries. People aren't going to immediately leave because of it.
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Thanks, your right. I'll see what I can do, I know IE is annoying. Its just that the tex seems harder to read this way and if people find the text a bit hard to read, they won't stay long. I'll see what I can do.
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