Translucent backgrounds

[digitalchaos]

I am attempting to create some translucent table backgrounds on my site, similar to what you see here: www.mm2x.com. I found the css to do this was FILTER: alpha(opacity="75"). I have only seen the code used when linking to an external style sheet, and have not been able to recreate the effect when using the STYLE attribute for a TD. Does anyone know how to implement this effect using the style attribute, or if not, perhaps another way?

[nsr81]

Here ya go :)

<td style="FILTER: alpha(opacity='75')">

[Martin]

That is IE specific by the way, it won't work in Mozilla/Netscape + other browsers.

[digitalchaos]

Thanks. It works now, so my exclusion of the ' around the variable probably prevented it from working before.

Can the background be made translucent without fading the text or other objects within the cell? And does a method exist to do this which works with all browsers?

[digitalchaos]

Do new versions of Netscape support PNG? I was thinking of creating a translucent PNG image for a background to prevent fading the text and for compatibility. I was also considering using css positioning to position a text block over the Data cell containing the FILTER to stop the text from fading with the background; but I don't think it would be interpreted equally..

[filburt1]

I'm pretty sure that the latest versions of NS which are basically Mozilla littered with AOL nonsense support .png images. However they won't support most CSS filter methods.

[DirectPixel]

The best way, IMO, is to set background images.:)