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Color "transparent" not working

I have a problem with the IE (what else?):

I generate content with CSS which has also a background-image. I looks like that:

#nav ul li:after {
    content: "--";
    position: relative;
    z-index: 99;
    background: transparent url(image.png);
    color: transparent;
}

The text color is in non-IE-browsers transparent, but in all IE browsers (IE6-IE8) it's black and you could see it. How could I make the text transparent/unvisible?

I tried already: visibility - opacity - filter - text-indent ... But none did his job right, either it disappears (with it background which I need) or the attribute doesn't apply.

Solution

  • I get it: With the correct padding and a zero font-size! Set the padding-left value to be one pixel beyond the image width.