control the alpha opacity filter in internet explorer

This article is a follow up of another article of mine dealing with the same problem which was written two years earlier. Now, in the light of the increased support for CSS3 the solution I will offer is already fully supported by all major browsers. The new solution deals with RGBA CSS3 backgrounds for Mozilla FireFox, Google Chrome, … Continue reading “Using RGBA to Prevent the CSS Opacity Inheritance from Parent to Child Elements”

This article is rather old. Please, read the updated version for a cross-browser solution. The alpha transparency filter applied on parent elements is inherited by their children, which is not always the desired behavior and can create unwanted design effects. However, due to a browser bug in Internet Explorer, there is a cool hack that allows not only to … Continue reading “Controlling the CSS Opacity Rate of Child Elements in Transparent Parents in Internet Explorer”