Re: FN-FORUM: PNG Background Image IE6

date posted 25th May 2007 11:43

There's a fantastic JS library that's called /ie7/ (alas, now
practically impossible for which to search) which I think provides CSS
transparency on tiling images. Try that?

On 24 May 2007 16:00:18 -0000, Neogic Ben Johnson F
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> Peter wrote:
> > I am after a fix for allowing png transparency in IE6 for background
> > images. I have found one which half works (see below) but I need it to
> > be able to tile / repeat which this fix does not. Anyone know of one?
>
> The IE PNG fix works by applying a DirectX Alpha channel filter to the PNG
> via CSS - ridiculously overcomplicated and fortunately fixed natively in
> IE7+.
>
> The IE6 Alpha filter doesn't support tiling the image and as far as I'm
> aware there aren't alternative methods for supporting PNG Alpha transparency
> in IE. You'll probably need to fall back on a binary transparency GIF (or
> merge with the intended background) instead for IE6 only (e.g., via
> conditional comments).
>
> I'll be delighted if anyone can contradict!
>
> Ben
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