Posted by Dennis Marks on 09/08/06 18:36

On 9/8/2006 10:45 AM, Dennis Marks wrote the following and I, Dennis
Marks, have replied at the bottom:
> On 9/7/2006 5:29 PM, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote the following and I,
> Dennis Marks, have replied at the bottom:
>> In alt.html, Dennis Marks wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/7/2006 2:18 PM, Dennis Marks wrote the following and I, Dennis
>>> Marks, have replied at the bottom:
>>>> I dynamically create 3 select lists from tables. I am having trouble
>>>> changing the background color. Would you look at
>>>> http://www.dcsi.net/~denmarks/amtrak_main.html and tell me how to
>>>> change it? I want the select list background color to be the same as
>>>> the rest of the document.
>>>>
>>> PROBLEM SOLVED
>>
>> You are aware that there are no select items for the 10-15% of your
>> visitors who have JavaScript disabled?
>>
>> Also, your absolute positioning really borks when a vision-impaired user
>> increases the font size.
>> http://k75s.home.att.net/show/dcsi.jpg
>>
>> I thought it looked better when the selects were white. The background
>> color you've chosen is rather .. dull.
>>
>
> I do this for fun and like playing with javascript. I have no idea of
> another way to do what I do on the page. Very few people will ever visit
> the site. I have very limited knowledge of CSS and would appreciate it
> if you can tell me what changes to make to allow font size changes not
> to affect the page. Relative and Absolute positioning have always
> puzzled me.
>
>

I tried changing to relative positioning but there is too much text,
such as the heading, in fixed positions. I will have to leave it as is
unless I redesign the entire web site. Thanks for your advice anyway.

--
Dennis M. Marks

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