Basic CSS - how to overlay a DIV with semi-transparent DIV on top

I'm struggling to make this render right in my browser (Chrome). I have a wrapper holding all the elements of the HTML, and I want to have a DIV (lets call it div-1) that hold a image, and has a overlay div on top of it to the left, like I sketched in this picture...any quick solutions?

Solution 1:

Here's a pure CSS solution, similar to DarkBee's answer, but without the need for an extra .wrapper div:

.dimmed {
  position: relative;
}

.dimmed:after {
  content: " ";
  z-index: 10;
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  height: 100%;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

I'm using rgba here, but of course you can use other transparency methods if you like.

Solution 2:

Using CSS3 you don't need to make your own image with the transparency.

Just have a div with the following

position:absolute;
left:0;
background: rgba(255,255,255,.5);

The last parameter in background (.5) is the level of transparency (a higher number is more opaque).

Example Fiddle

Solution 3:

.foo {
   position : relative;
}
.foo .wrapper {
    background-image : url('semi-trans.png');
    z-index : 10;
    position : absolute;
    top : 0;
    left : 0;
}

<div class="foo">
   <img src="example.png" />
   <div class="wrapper">&nbsp;</div>
</div>