I know this can be done with the Alpha filter in IE, but I'm not sure about other browsers. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml /reference/objects/div.asp -----Original Message----- From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu] On Behalf Of dev at qroute.net If the page has a background image, would a division placed on that page show that the main page background ? If so, can that division's style properties be set so that the main page background shows at a given opacity ?