This IE6 browser bug shows up if you’re trying to get PNG transparency to show up in Internet Explorer 6 and below using Microsoft’s alpha image filter. What’s the deal? Well, if you’re using that filter on a background-image, then you won’t be able to click on anything appearing above that background-image. Have a form as a child whose parent is using the filter for its background? You won’t be able to click on any of the form elements. At all. The solution? Don’t use a PNG and that filter. It’s not particularly desirable – in fact, it can really mess with your design – but it’s better to leave the filter right out, unless there’s no need to click, highlight, or otherwise interact with an element on the screen.

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