IE does not perform well with PNGs as background objects. Microsoft requires a PNG to be wrapped in on of their stupid filters in order to make it transparent, and those filters won't work with background images placed via CSS. I'm not sure how IE7 handles PNG backgrounds however.
So, in answer to your question, no, you can't use a transparent PNG as a background image in IE. If you placed the image in a div and started messing with z-index you could mimic the behavior however. -ALEX -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Matthews Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 12:11 PM To: jQuery Discussion. Subject: Re: [jQuery] Transparent PNG IE plugin for jQuery? I could swear that I've seen it somewhere. This has to be possible, even if it's not in jQuery. <!----------------//------ andy matthews web developer certified advanced coldfusion programmer ICGLink, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 615.370.1530 x737 --------------//---------> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 1:59 PM To: jQuery Discussion. Subject: Re: [jQuery] Transparent PNG IE plugin for jQuery? Andy, I looked pretty extensively some weeks ago for exactly the same thing, and came up empty. There are several solutions available for IMG tags, as you state, but all of them seem to use imposition of a background on the image by inserting a SPAN tag. Hence, the solutions do not work for background images themselves. I unfortunately had to ultimately throw in the towel and use GIFs. Kevin -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Andy Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Is there a jQuery plugin that causes ANY png to be transparent? There are > scripts that I've seen that force any PNG called from within an IMG tag to > be transparent in IE, but I've got a PNG set as a background image that I'd > also like to have that same behaviour. > > I'm sure I could find it somewhere, but I'd love to find a jQuery solution. > > <!----------------//------ > andy matthews > web developer > certified advanced coldfusion programmer > ICGLink, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 615.370.1530 x737 > --------------//---------> _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/ _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/ _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
