Posted by SpaceGirl on 05/16/05 15:11

Chris Hope wrote:
> Josua Burkard wrote:
>
>
>>>>How can i create a Checkbox / Radio Button in XP Style?
>>>
>>>If you are using IE6 on Windows XP, Checkboxes and Radion buttons are
>>>XP-style by default. IIRC, they only go back to the older style
>>>controls if you start applying CSS to them.
>>
>>Thank you
>>
>>this was the problem, i had an CSS for the INPUT-Tag
>>
>>After remove the border-style it comes in XP-Style.
>
>
> Of course, it will only have the "xp style" on xp. On all other
> platforms they will look different (including xp machines which revert
> to the "windows classic" style).
>

You can overide it using a meta tag - IE will render "old style" form
elements regardless of the users Windows version.

<meta http-equiv="MSThemeCompatible" content="no" />

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