How do I reset or override IE CSS filters?

Question

I\'m using the proprietry MS \'filter\' property to try and create a non ugly equivalent to css3 text-shadow and box-shadow;

I was actually doing really well until I

Answer 1

I've had some success by positioning the children absolute or relative. This didn't seem to work earlier though so it may break again once I get more complicated

I think once a parent has a filter applied all of it's children essentially become directx surfaces internally. You can still select text but it lags. I think text selection is a hack which makes each letter a seperate surface. It's a shitty mess which goes a long way to explaining why the browser in general and filters in particular are so buggy.