text field & title + image

[vlitim]

couple of questions:

1. how do you assign a title via a stylesheet as the below doesn't work:

<input type=text class=showHelp>

.showHelp{
title: "hello there"
}

2. I want a background-image to take up the last 3px of a text field (which I can do) but I don't want the users input to go over it.

bit stuck

Cheers

Tim

 

[FesterSXS]

1) Don't think you can do that with CSS - might be wrong tho

2) You could limit the number of character they can enter

<input type="text" maxlength="10" />

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[Vragabond]

1. You can't. Stylesheets are for controling the visual aspect not the content one. You will need to put your title attributes inside each html tag.

2.

input {
  background: url(myImage.gif) top right no-repeat;
  padding-right: 3px;
}

This should work eventhough sometimes padding is completely ignored in browsers when content starts overflowing. Also, I don't think all browsers support background images in input fields (namely Safari for Mac), so make sure this is just for aesthetic purposes and not really a necessity on the site.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

1. You can't. You will have to use JavaScript or set it on the element in the HTML.

2. You can't stop text from being displayed at a certain point in an input field.

Hope this helps,
Dan


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[vlitim]

Well I thought as much but somtimes its worth asking the experts!

Cheers