Comments on: IE6 gotcha - transparent pngs as links - only the non-transparent bits clickable http://www.rickhurst.co.uk/2008/08/14/ie6-gotcha-transparent-pngs-as-links-only-the-non-transparent-bits-clickable/ my blog, mostly covering the technical side of web design Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:27:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Steve Kirtley http://www.rickhurst.co.uk/2008/08/14/ie6-gotcha-transparent-pngs-as-links-only-the-non-transparent-bits-clickable/#comment-13901 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:04:53 +0000 http://www.rickhurst.co.uk/2008/08/14/ie6-gotcha-transparent-pngs-as-links-only-the-non-transparent-bits-clickable/#comment-13901 Had exactly the same problem on a site build last week. To the best of my knowledge there is no work around :( My work around was less than elegant - but I resorted to using the PNG's in FF, but then slicing out the alternative GIFs from a screenshot taken from the working Firefox version. Clunky and annoying but it did work reasonably well visually... Another thing that may help in some circumstances - look into PNG8 alpha transparencies. Which degrade quite well in IE... Had exactly the same problem on a site build last week.

To the best of my knowledge there is no work around :(

My work around was less than elegant - but I resorted to using the PNG’s in FF, but then slicing out the alternative GIFs from a screenshot taken from the working Firefox version.

Clunky and annoying but it did work reasonably well visually…

Another thing that may help in some circumstances - look into PNG8 alpha transparencies. Which degrade quite well in IE…

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