While Philippe’s idea would work I just though it worth mentioning that
support of multiple backgrounds MAY be an issue depending on the browser
support you need.
On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 8:11 PM Philippe Wittenbergh <ph...@l-c-n.com> wrote:
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> > On Oct 5, 2017, at 8:21 AM, Angela French <afre...@sbctc.edu> wrote:
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> > Is there a property of the background that will allow me to set the
> opacity of an image? I have a div container that contains a few things and
> I only want to change the opacity on an image that is in it. Something
> like background-opacity?
>
> Is the image a `background-image` or inserted via the `<img />` tag ? If
> it is the latter, then apply the opacity property to the image, as Tom just
> pointed out.
>
> If it is the former - there is no such property as `background-opacity`.
> However, you can eventually workaround this (assuming the background
> behind the container is a flat colour). Just add another layer (a fake,
> semi-transparent colour block) to your background property, **on top** of
> the image layer:
>
> .container {
> background-image: linear-gradient(hsla(0,0%,100%. .5),hsla(0,0%,100%.
> .5)), url(path/to/image.jpg);
> background-size: 100px,100px;
> }
>
> Philippe
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