background gradients in IE7 with CSS

Question

I am using the following bit of CSS to create a linear background gradient. It seems to work just fine in IE8/9, FF, Safari and chrome but not in IE7. IE7 shows a solid (gre

Answer 1

In IE<=7, filters won't work unless element has layout.

zoom: 1;

Be aware that it can break other things, so old good background-image might be safe and reliable solution.

Also please note that your CSS lacks gradient properties for Opera, IE10 and updated syntax for Webkit.