IE8 gradient filter not working if a background color exists

Question

I\'m trying to use the following CSS styles. They are working on most browsers, including ie7. However in ie8, the transparent background does not show and instead I get th

Answer 1

The zoom rule is to make sure hasLayout was triggered, your use-case not having a need for it is probably because hasLayout is already being triggered.

regarding the -ms- prefix, according to Microsoft's documentation ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms532847(v=vs.85).aspx scroll down to "Downlevel Support and Internet Explorer 4.0 Filters", no anchors I can link to), to target IE8, one should be using the -ms- prefix, to target anything prior to that, one should be using the unprefixed one