IE 8: background-size fix

Question

I've tried to add background size to IE but it's not working at all:

HTML

<h2 id="news">Notícias <img src="white-marker.png" alt="" /></h2>

CSS:

div#content h2#news {
    background: url('../images/news-background.jpg') no-repeat;
    background-size: 100%;
    border-radius: 20px;
    color: #fff;
    margin: 20px 0 0 20px;
    padding: 8px 20px;
    width: 90%;
    -moz-background-size: 100%;
    -moz-border-radius: 20px;
    -webkit-background-size: 100%;
    -webkit-border-radius: 20px;
}

What's wrong with the filter?

Answer 1

As posted by 'Dan' in a similar thread, there is a possible fix if you're not using a sprite:

How do I make background-size work in IE?

filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(
src='images/logo.gif',
sizingMethod='scale');

-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(
src='images/logo.gif',
sizingMethod='scale')";

However, this scales the entire image to fit in the allocated area. So if your using a sprite, this may cause issues.

Caution
The filter has a flaw, any links inside the allocated area are no longer clickable.