How do I get my CSS linear gradient to work in IE?

Question

I've got a link that I want to make look like a button with round corners and a gradient fill. It works fine in Chrome, but not in IE.

I've found that if I set display: inline-block, it shows the gradient, but removes the rounded corners. Does anybody know how to get around this issue in IE?

Demo in JSFiddle

HTML:

<a href="" class="button-gold-med">Hello World</a>​

CSS:

a {    
    color: white;
    padding: 8px;

    background: #7db9e8;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#7db9e8), to(#1e5799));
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #7db9e8, #1e5799);
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #7db9e8, #1e5799);
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #7db9e8, #1e5799);
    background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #7db9e8, #1e5799);
    background: linear-gradient(top, #7db9e8, #1e5799);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#7db9e8', endColorstr='#1e5799',GradientType=0);
    zoom: 1;

    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
    border-radius: 5px;

    -moz-background-clip: padding;
    -webkit-background-clip: padding-box;
    background-clip: padding-box;
}

Answer 1

You need to use the Microsoft filter:

 filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(startColorstr='#7db9e8', endColorstr='#1e5799');

Use that as a fallback for IE--it works in most versions.

See the specifications:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms532997%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Answer 2

I know this question is quite old, however since it is unaswered and if this can help people, here is my solution to get a linear Gradient working in all mayor Browsers:

/* IE10 Consumer Preview */ 
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #FFFFFF 0%, #BDBDBD 100%);

/* Mozilla Firefox */ 
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #FFFFFF 0%, #BDBDBD 100%);

/* Opera */ 
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #FFFFFF 0%, #BDBDBD 100%);

/* Webkit (Safari/Chrome 10) */ 
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0,     #FFFFFF), color-stop(1, #BDBDBD));

/* Webkit (Chrome 11+) */ 
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #FFFFFF 0%, #BDBDBD 100%);

/* W3C Markup, IE10 Release Preview */ 
background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #FFFFFF 0%, #BDBDBD 100%);

There is also an onlie tool to create this CSS gradients, chek it here:

http://ie.microsoft.com/Testdrive/Graphics/CSSGradientBackgroundMaker/Default.html