Question

What is the best way to set the transparency of a HTML DIV element and its contents using jQuery?

Answer 1

$('#my_element').css({ 'opacity' : 0.7 });

Do you want to actually set the opacity to each of the contained elements as well, or you just want it to ‘appear’ as if the child elements have the same opacity?

As an example to my question, if you wanted something that sets an element, and each of the children elements, you could do something like this

html

<div id="my_element">
  <div>
    lorem
  </div>
  <div>
    ipsum
  </div>
</div>

jquery

$('#my_element').children().
                 css({ 'opacity' : 0.25 }).
                 end().
                 css({ 'opacity' : 0.25 });

Hope this helps. Cheers.