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ThomasJSmart

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i have noticed that using windows xp themes one can change the look of the variouse html elements like the select menu and the radio, check and normal buttons.

is it possible to change the look of these thru css/style/html/javascript? something similer to the way it is possible to change the colors of the scrollbar.

and if it is possible does it work on NN aswell?

thanks, I learned a bit yesterday, today i learned a lot, imagine what i'll learn tomorrow!
 
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select.mycolor {color: blue;}

<SELECT class=&quot;mycolor&quot;..... [Hammer]
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cool thats a color change :) it works, thanks,

is an image cange possible aswell ?
the arrowbutton part of the select menu, is it posible to change that into my own graphic?

thanks, I learned a bit yesterday, today i learned a lot, imagine what i'll learn tomorrow!
 
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image change?

you cannot change the arrow for all i know, but it prolly is possible. [Hammer]
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with a css background image i can add a backround image to buttons, selects etc but i still havnt found out how to change the actuall arrow of a select, or the graphic of a radio/check button I learned a bit yesterday, today i learned a lot, imagine what i'll learn tomorrow!
 
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Did k9logic ever work out how to do this? I want to know too! I want XP style buttons on my intranet pages irrespective of OS. Don't want to use images if I can help it.

Cheers
 
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AFAIK they are OS-level GUI widgets. So they really do depend on your OS for how they look. :-) don't think you can change them easily at the moment.

Posting code? Wrap it with code tags: [ignore]
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Yep, can't change the ones that the browser gives you... However you can fudge your own out of CSS and JavaScript:
Code: 
<html>
<head>
<style type=&quot;text/css&quot;>
 .CustomSelectControl{
  width:200px;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
  font-size: smaller;
 }
 .TopLine{
  padding: 0px;
  margin: 0px;
  background-color: #ddddff;
 }
 .SelectedOption{
  padding: 0px;
  margin: 0px;
  border-left: 2px solid #9999ff;
  border-top: 2px solid #9999ff;
  border-right: 0px none #ffffff;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #ffffff;
  vertical-align: middle;
  width: 184px;
 }
 .downArrow{
  padding: 0px;
  margin: 0px;
  width:16px;
  border-left: 2px solid #ffffff;
  border-top: 2px solid #ffffff;
  border-right: 2px solid #9999ff;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #9999ff;
  text-align: center;
  vertical-align: middle;
  background-color: #ccccff;
  color: #9999ff;
 }
 .OptionList{
  height:100px;
  background-color: #eeeeff;
  overflow-x:hidden;
  overflow-y:auto;
  scrollbar-3dlight-color:#ffffff;
  scrollbar-arrow-color:#9999ff;
  scrollbar-base-color:#ccccFF;
  scrollbar-darkshadow-color:#9999ff;
  scrollbar-face-color:#ccccFF;
  scrollbar-highlight-color:#ffffff;
  scrollbar-track-color:#aaaaFF;
  scrollbar-shadow-color:#9999ff;
  border-left: 1px solid #999999;
  border-right: 1px solid #999999;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #ffffff;
 }
 .SelectOption{
  background-color: #eeeeff;
  color: #000000;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #999999;
 }
 .SelectOption_Hilite{
  background-color: #333366;
  color: #eeeeff;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #999999;
 }
</style>
<script language=&quot;JavaScript&quot; type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;>
function showOptions(objClickedOn){
 event.cancelBubble = true;
 var parentObj = objClickedOn.parentElement;
 var childlist = parentObj.children;
 var optionlist = childlist.item(1);
 optionlist.style.display=&quot;block&quot;;
}
function selectNewOption(objClickedOn){
 event.cancelBubble = true;
 var parentObj = objClickedOn.parentElement;
 var grandParentObj = parentObj.parentElement;
 var childlist = grandParentObj.children;
 var topline = childlist.item(0);
 var selecteditem = topline.children.item(0).children.item(0);
 selecteditem.innerText = event.srcElement.innerText;
 hideOptions();
}
function hideOptions(){
 var alldivs = document.getElementsByTagName('div');
 for(var i = 0; i < alldivs.length; i++){
  var currDiv = alldivs.item(i);
  if(currDiv.className == &quot;OptionList&quot;){
   currDiv.style.display=&quot;none&quot;;
  }
 }
}
function hiliteOption(objThis){
 event.cancelBubble= true;
 if(event.srcElement.className != &quot;OptionList&quot;){
  var childs = objThis.children;
  for(var i = 0; i < childs.length; i++){
   var child = childs.item(i);
   child.className = &quot;SelectOption&quot;;
  }
  event.srcElement.className = &quot;SelectOption_Hilite&quot;;
 }
}
</script>
</head>
<body onclick=&quot;hideOptions()&quot;>
<div class=&quot;CustomSelectControl&quot;>
 <div class=&quot;TopLine&quot; onclick=&quot;showOptions(this)&quot;><span class=&quot;SelectedOption&quot;>Selected Option</span><span class=&quot;downArrow&quot;>&#9660;</span></div>
 <div class=&quot;OptionList&quot; onclick=&quot;selectNewOption(this)&quot; onmouseover=&quot;hiliteOption(this)&quot; style=&quot;display:none;&quot;>
  <div class=&quot;SelectOption&quot;>Selected Option</div>
  <div class=&quot;SelectOption&quot;>Some Option</div>
  <div class=&quot;SelectOption&quot;>Some Other Option</div>
  <div class=&quot;SelectOption&quot;>Another Option</div>
  <div class=&quot;SelectOption&quot;>Yet Another Option</div>
  <div class=&quot;SelectOption&quot;>Yet Another Option 2</div>
  <div class=&quot;SelectOption&quot;>Yet Another Option 3</div>
  <div class=&quot;SelectOption&quot;>Yet Another Option 4</div>
  <div class=&quot;SelectOption&quot;>Yet Another Option 5</div>
 </div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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wow :) im impressed :D thanks for the script!

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