On Oct 21, 2011, at 1:28 AM, Elli Vizcaino wrote: >> As David notes, the descendants of a box with opacity applied don't inherit >> that opacity. The property is applied to the (block) box and all its >> descendants. If what you want is a box with a semi-transparent background >> and / or borders, then rgba() or hsla() colours are your friend. >> > > > That seems like a contradictory statement and leaves me still somewhat > confused. What I'm getting at is, if a box element gets an opacity property > with a value of 0.5 for a semi transparent effect, do child elements such as > text then display in the browser at that same semi-transparent value?
There is absolutely no contradiction. Opacity is applied to the box and everything that box contains. The box as a whole becomes translucent. Opacity is _not_ something to make just a transparent background. You can compare it to reducing the opacity of a layer group in Photoshop. View this testcase and compare the 2 boxes: http://dev.l-c-n.com/_temp/translucent-transparent.html Philippe -- Philippe Wittenbergh http://l-c-n.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] 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/
