Unable to control opacity of image inside div

Question

I want the image inside the div to be opaque and the div to be transparent. I tried setting the opacity for image and div, but it is not working.

jsFiddle Link: http://jsfiddle.net/2BNEF/10/

I want the image to be opaque and text to be visible in transparent.

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    <div id="target">
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        <img class="myimage" src="http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/1365552/480/trucks-photgraphy/asdf-%2858%29.jpg?v0"/>
    </div>
</div>


#targetframe {
    background: none repeat scroll 0 0 black;
    border: 2px inset grey;
    font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;
    left: 0;
    margin: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    padding: 0;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    opacity: 0.5;
}
#target {
    background: none repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
    height: 100%;
    left: 0;
    position: relative;
    top: 0;
    width: 100%;
    z-index: 0;
}
.myimage {
    opacity: 1;
}

similar: [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5662178/opacity-of-divs-background-without-affecting-contained-element-in-ie-8][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5662178/opacity-of-divs-background-without-affecting-contained-element-in-ie-8 — Sam Hatchett, Sep 04 '12 at 18:50

Ana · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-04T18:49:53.193

If you set opacity on an element, then it is inherited by all the descendants (children, all the children's children...) of that element and there is nothing you can do to prevent that.

In this case, you could just use an RGBa background (rgba(0,0,0,.5) instead of black - DEMO) for the div. RGBa has excellent support - the only browsers that don't support it are IE8 and older and for those you can use a filter gradient.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 04 '12 at 18:46

As said by @Ana the opacity is inherited by all the children of the parent
You can a combinaison of RGBa and set the opacity to all children of the Div with

#targetframe > * {
    opacity: 0.5;
}

than specify that your image must be opaque

.myimage {
    opacity: 1;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/2BNEF/15/

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 04 '12 at 18:53

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Or just take the container an absolute positioned div with height and width that you want and and position the image too and assign the image a higher z-index and then assign the opacity you want.

answered Sep 04 '12 at 18:53

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