allowing transparent PNGs in IE?

[ebsolutions]

Hi there,

I have some transparent PNG backgrounds in my page, but the problem is IE doesn't allow the transparency. I was wondering if there is a way I can allow transparency?

Many thanks!

[rtfm]

use gifs, IE doesn't support PNG transparency

[leonglass]

There are some work arounds available but I would follow the previous advice as they rely on javascript. If you are really interested a search on these forums should find one.

[JimmyP]

If you really need to use PNG's then look here for the workkaround::

http://geoland.org/2007/03/transpare...ut-javascript/

[ebsolutions]

Thanks.. I used Jimmy's idea
The trouble I had with a GIF was the edges were not clean like a JPG or PNG.. I really needed to have transparency and clean edges.

Thanks again.

[kyberfabrikken]

IE7 supports alpha channels in PNG, so depending on your audience, you might be able to ignore IE6's quirks all together. In my experience, the filter-hacks are flaky and slows the browser down considerably - or crashes it even. If you absolutely need IE6 support, you would probably be better off using images without transparency and just render them specifically to the background colour.