Posted by IEDesigner on 02/24/06 18:39

"acorn" <acorn71@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have read MANY posts reagarding the use of css to modify form
> elements. I understand the pros and cons regarding browser as well as
> OS compatibility. I need to make the <select> element arrow - and the
> button face behind the arrow - a different color for a site that is
> requiring the user to run IE only. Anyone know if this is possible
> using IE?
>
> I have been able to use the following code below to change the text and
> background of the <select> element, however the "arrow-color:#ffffff"
> does not work. And I haven't found anywhere the code to change the
> button face behind the arrow.
>
> select {
> font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
> font-size: 10px;
> font-weight: normal;
> color: #FFFFFF;
> background-color: #9c9a9c;
> text-decoration: blink;
> arrow-color: #ffffff;
> }
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron

To the best of my knowledge you cannot change the color of the scrollbar or
button for a <select> tag in IE. You can change the colors of the scrollbars
in a <textarea>.
IEDesigner

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