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
try this:
filter: -;
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.
I've found the best way is display:inline-block (applying white-space:nowrap to the container). But it seems to work bad with IE7 and lower
There is boolean attribute enabled, for which you can set false or true http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms532997%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
Example:
-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(enabled=false)";
If you're using HTML5 you may want to go down the route of using
<!doctype html>
<!--[if lt IE 7 ]> <html lang="en" class="ie6 oldie"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7 ]> <html lang="en" class="ie7 oldie"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 8 ]> <html lang="en" class="ie8 oldie"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 9 ]> <html lang="en" class="ie9"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if (gt IE 9)|!(IE)]><!-->
<html lang="en" class="gtie9 modern">
<!--<![endif]-->
and in your CSS use something like:
.ie9 .element {filter: none; }
Have you tried to enable/disable the filter(s)?