reading image opacity

[Dean Edwards]

I am attempting to change the opacity of an image. I can modify opacity ok:

function flip(pic, opacity){
pic.style.filte r = 'alpha(opacity= '+opacity+')';
}


But I'm not familiar with javascript. How can I read the existing opacity
value?

accessing the value like:

opacity=cell.st yle.filter.alph a.opacity;

does not work (in IE6).


Also I am having trouble with the equivalent netscape syntax.

Any help would be much appreciated.

TIA

[Vjekoslav Begovic]

Re: reading image opacity

"Dean Edwards" <de@spamfree.co m> wrote in message
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>
> I am attempting to change the opacity of an image. I can modify opacity[/color]
ok:[color=blue]
>
> function flip(pic, opacity){
> pic.style.filte r = 'alpha(opacity= '+opacity+')';
> }
>
>
> But I'm not familiar with javascript. How can I read the existing opacity
> value?
>
> accessing the value like:
>
> opacity=cell.st yle.filter.alph a.opacity;
>
> does not work (in IE6).[/color]

If you have:

<img id=sample src=sample.jpg style="filter:
progid:DXImageT ransform.Micros oft.Alpha(opaci ty=50)">

than you could do:

sample.filters. item("DXImageTr ansform.Microso ft.Alpha").opac ity += 10;

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/filter/reference/filters/alpha.asp

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> Also I am having trouble with the equivalent netscape syntax.[/color]

Filters are IE specific.

HTH

Vjekoslav