formatting a select works in chrome and ff, not ie 1

[chedderslam]

Please see screen shots here:

http://www.smithwebdesign.net/select/

The formatting appears properly in chrome and ff, but not ie. I'm not really
strong with styles, so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[feherke]

Hi

Which Explorer ? 6 will never do more than you already achieved, but 7 should work as far as I know.

Had a look at the recent thread215-1530806 ?

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[chedderslam]

The screen shot is from IE 7. So you are saying that I can get it to look the way I want? What is the current style lacking to do this?

 

[Vragabond]

I'm sorry, but I don't think you'll be able to achieve this effect in IE7. Check here to see what styling you can apply to select boxes in different browsers/OS combinations:

http://www.456bereastreet.com/lab/styling-form-controls-revisited/select-single/

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[ChrisHunt]

There is a lot of inconsistency between browsers and between platorms on how CSS is applied to form elements - see

http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200705/why_styling_form_controls_with_css_is_problematic/

and the articles it links to or the full story.

Bottom line - don't style form controls too heavily, and don't get too caught up in making them look exactly the same cross-browser.

-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
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[feherke]

Hi

but 7 should work as far as I know.

Then I was wrong. Sorry. And thank you Vragabond.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[chedderslam]

Thank you all for the help. I decided to just use a text input for the state field rather than a drop down. It gives up a little on functionality for the sake of looks.

Thanks again.