diff --git a/lib/tpl/default/design.css b/lib/tpl/default/design.css
index 3e7b36658abe29819d414148e1c6b21f3ec73353..3c2cedfec54ef04fd33ae144d5e16c0a44f0a233 100644
--- a/lib/tpl/default/design.css
+++ b/lib/tpl/default/design.css
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ div.dokuwiki textarea.edit {
   font-size:14px;
   padding: 0.3em 0 0 0.3em;
   width:100%;
+}
+
+/* nice alphatransparency background except for IE <7 */
+html>body div.dokuwiki textarea.edit {
   background:  __white__ url(images/inputshadow.png) repeat-x top;
 }
 
@@ -104,6 +108,11 @@ div.dokuwiki input.edit, div.dokuwiki select.edit {
   margin: 1px;
   padding: 0.20em 0.3em;
   display: inline;
+}
+
+/* nice alphatransparency background except for IE <7 */
+html>body div.dokuwiki input.edit,
+html>body div.dokuwiki select.edit {
   background:  __white__ url(images/inputshadow.png) repeat-x top;
 }
 
@@ -173,6 +182,11 @@ div.dokuwiki input.button, div.dokuwiki button.button{
   cursor: pointer;
   margin: 1px;
   padding: 0.125em 0.4em;
+}
+
+/* nice alphatransparency background except for IE <7 */
+html>body div.dokuwiki input.button,
+html>body div.dokuwiki button.button {
   background:  __white__ url(images/buttonshadow.png) repeat-x bottom;
 }
 
@@ -719,6 +733,10 @@ button.toolbutton{
   margin: 0 1px 0 0;
   border: 1px solid __dark__;
   cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+/* nice alphatransparency background except for IE <7 */
+html>body button.toolbutton{
   background:  __white__ url(images/buttonshadow.png) repeat-x bottom;
 }