I have a borderless text input and an image input hovering above other graphics. You can see it here: http://www.wwmlaw.dreamhosters.com/index.php
You can tab into the text input in IE6 and IE8 and it will accept input then but clicking in it does not give you a cursor. All other browsers tested do fine.
The CSS is like so:
#homeSearchForm {
position:absolute;
z-index:1000;
}
#homeSearch {
position:absolute;
z-index:1000;
width:230px;
height:20px;
border:none;
top:16px;
_top:14px;
left:676px;
_left:730px;
border:none;
background:none;
color:#FFF;
}
#homeSearchButton {
position:absolute;
z-index:1000;
width:55px;
height:20px;
border:none;
top:17px;
_top:15px;
left:600px;
_left:655px;
}
Any thoughts?
Based on this question
Input boxes with transparent background are not clickable in IE8
I added an IE only background image:
containing
This resolved the issue.
JG
Had the similar issue -> IE8 textbox was not editable (when wrapper of my App has position:absolute). Click worked only in the border. Filled with color and transparent also did not work. With this doctype change the issue is fixed.
Source: http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?p=1173375#post1173375