PNG IE5.5 & AlphaImageLoader

[zorgi]

Hello Everyone

Have a problem with AlphaImageLoader. This is portion of CSS that makes me pull my hair out (and there is not much left to pull any more anyway)

Basically I have a div that has transparent png as a background. This png should be repeated as the div grows but since I need transparency I must use AlphaImageLoader for older IE browsers. This is the code:

/*from ie_older.css*/
#theDiv{
    width: 950px;
    height: auto !important;
    height: 479px;    
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src="project/view/images/img.png", sizingMethod="scale");
}
 

Works like a charm for IE6 but with IE5.5 crashes as soon as height is greater than given 479px and I can not keep it fixed height.... Any ideas/help much appreciated.

Thanks

[drhowarddrfine]

Why are you setting height twice? auto and 479px?

I thought the two guys that were still using IE5.5 died.

[zorgi]

# height: auto !important;
# height: 479px;

is a hack for IE browsers. Its instead of min-height: 479px

[zorgi]

You are probably right about those two guys. The real question here probably is: "Do I still optimize for IE5?"

[drhowarddrfine]

I know people who don't even optimize for IE6 anymore. My contracts specify I only handle the current and previous major version numbers of browsers. So that means IE7 and IE8 only.

I am still offering to write code that supports IE6 but at a 30% price markup.

[zorgi]

@drhowarddrfine
I like that :)

Thanks