I saw some similar questions regarding this. But my approach is different and none of those works to me. That\'s why I\'m posting this. I want to change the opacity of backg
You can put the background to a separate <div>
:
<body>
<div id="content">
<div id="background-div"></div>
<!-- content -->
</div>
</body>
Then position and style to fill the entire content.
#content {
positon: relative;
}
#background-div {
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 100%
opacity: 0.5;
background: url(...);
}
You can try the following workarounds:
1) use an image which already has an alpha channel, such as png;
2) have the background div ad a sibling and not as a parent of the other elements, and change their position with css, such ad position:absolute; z-index; and so on.
3) if your image only consist in colours, you can leave your html untouched and use rgba/css gradients
<HTML>
gets a background image while <body>
gets a 50% transparent white (layer of transparent color using RGBA)
html, body {
height:100%;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
html {
background:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qOfuTI5165w/maxresdefault.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed;
}
body {
background:rgba(255,255,255,0.5); /* applies a 50% transparent white background */
}
:before
for body
Another way is using the pseudo selector for body, which can be a "layer" behind the actual body that can get the opacity
property without affecting other elements.
html, body {
height:100%;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
body:before {
background:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qOfuTI5165w/maxresdefault.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed;
display: block; content:""; position: absolute; z-index:-1;
top:0; left: 0; right: 0; height: 100%;
opacity:.5;
}
use direct child selector body > .backgroudimg{ blah blah }