[thelist] What css browser bug needs "background: transparent"?
Wesley Mason
wes at pmason.karoo.co.uk
Fri Jun 25 17:25:56 CDT 2004
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Another reason is when a background colour is inherited by the parent
element, and you want to display a background behind behind the element
inheriting it without it showing an opaque colour covering the elements
whitespace.
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On Jun 25, 2004, at 10:47 pm, Stephen Rider wrote:
> I think it has a lot to do with the general rule of thumb:
> "Any time you specify a text color, also specify a background color."
>
> This is to avoid potential issues where a user might have set a
> user-defined stylesheet that inadvertently mess up the display. I
> can't remember other reasons, but I do believe there were some....
>
> Steve
>
> On Jun 25, 2004, at 4:05 PM, Elly wrote:
>
>> I've been searching for the reason why I so often see "background:
>> transparent" used when transparent is default for background-color.
>>
>> I assumed it must be for some older Windows browser bug, being only
>> able to test conveniently on Mac browsers, and finally found this for
>> Netscape 4 Windows, at the CSS Pointers Group, in the bugs section:
>> http://www.css.nu/pointers/bugs-nn.html
>> which has a few points about using background: transparent.
>>
>> I see it used with the link pseudo class selectors, and that is where
>> I've always questioned using it, but never did since the standard
>> shows transparent is default for background-color.
>>
>> I'm wondering why this is the only reference I've seen on using
>> background: transparent when it seems unecessary, and would like to
>> hear from others clarification on when and for what browser bug(s)
>> this is used.
>>
>> Elly
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