Daniel Hammond wrote: > | Is there a way to reduce the opacity of the background color > | of a div to a percentage less than 100%, > | but not completely transparent? > | 50% for example. > | Daniel Hammond > > | yes there is a way: > | check this out: > | http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_image_transparency.asp > | Nina.. > > Thanks, that's almost exactly what I need. The only problem is that it also > makes the text transparent. I want the text to remain at 100% opacity. Transparent applies to everything in the element. You have to put the text in an element that is completely outside of the transparent one, then position it over the transparent element. -- David [EMAIL-REMOVED] authenticity, honesty, community ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL-REMOVED]] 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/