Posted by acorn on 02/24/06 20:19

Hello,

Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
> "acorn" <acorn71@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I need
>
> This contradicts with your previous statement. CSS is for optional
> presentational suggestions.

"I need" was simply stating that it was a request from owner of the
page to do this, not something I needed to survive

> > 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;
> > }
>
> What made you think arrow-color would work? It sounds you started
> inventing properties and expected browsers to read your mind.
> If that's the approach, why not simply use
> dwim: now !important;
> or something like that? :-)

I simply grabbed this code from an alt.html newsgroup posting, tested
it, found some of the properties worked and others didn't. I wasn't
inventing properties, I was posting a message to the newsgroup asking
for help.

> BTW, e.g. setting font-size: 10px shows that you have _not_ understood
> the pros and cons of messing around with form fields and other
> elements.

I have not explored the pros and cons of using css with form field
elements because I choose to leave form fields alone whenever possible.
I find that the appearance varies with each browser and OS and I choose
to keep those elements consitant instead of modifying them with css. I
had a request from the owner of this page to change the <select>
element, so I posted a message asking if it was possible. I now see
that it is not, and I thank everyone for their help.

> The text-decoration: blink part was an attempt at a joke, right?

I thought so myself.

Thanks,
Aaron

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