How to change the opacity of image on hover using css

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to set all images to be 50% opacity initially, and then change to 100% opacity on hover.

I tried setting this rule in the .css file but it gives a parse error:

img {
  opacity:0.4;
  filter:alpha(opacity=40); 
}
img:hover {
  opacity:1.0;
  filter:alpha(opacity=100); 
}

Solution

Your code is good- verified in this Fiddle with a friendly fish: http://jsfiddle.net/Qrufy/

    img {
        opacity: 0.5;
        filter: alpha(opacity=40);
    }
    
    img:hover {
        opacity: 1.0;
        filter: alpha(opacity=100);
    }

    <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Colossoma_macropomum_01.jpg/800px-Colossoma_macropomum_01.jpg" />

The opacity property works in all modern browsers, and the filter:alpha covers <= IE8.

Comments

[jterry]

It's indented properly? OP's code (at least what they posted) is valid, that was the point :)