\[code\]input[type="text"], input[type="password"]{ opacity:0.5;}\[/code\]This fades both - input body and border. I don't want border transparent, just body, so the underlying image is visible. User-text inside the input should not be transparent, of course. \[code\]input [type="submit"]{ margin-left:50px; // here nothing works at all.}\[/code\]