Transparent Background in Select Field for IE

[vunet.us]

Hello,
I've noticed that IE does not allow transparent background of the
select field as it does for input text field. I use css style
"background-color: transparent;".
Is there a workaround or I have to use transparent gifs, perhaps? How
to make select field with transparent background?
Thank you.

 

[Rik]

Hello,
I've noticed that IE does not allow transparent background of the
select field as it does for input text field. I use css style
"background-color: transparent;".
Is there a workaround or I have to use transparent gifs, perhaps? How
to make select field with transparent background?
Thank you.

Styling form elements in any browser is always a gamble. Also, often it's
a good idea to leave the main bulk of the styling as is, people do have to
recognize them for the controls they are.

 

[vunet.us]

Styling form elements in any browser is always a gamble. Also, often it's
a good idea to leave the main bulk of the styling as is, people do have to
recognize them for the controls they are.

--
Rik Wasmus
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i understand... thanks. but still?

 

[Rik]

i understand... thanks. but still?

Well, a select box in MSIE (in any case < 7, not sure about 7) has kind of
it's own window/frame from a rendering standpoint, that's one of the
reasons we have this bug:
<http://www.giantant.com/antenna/examples/input_render_bug.html>

Which leads me to give up any hope of thoroughly changing the layout of
the thing. Maybe someone found a solution, I'm not aware of it.

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Scripsit (e-mail address removed):

i understand...

Hardly. Your comprehensive quotation of the message you are responding to
indicates lack of comprehensive reading.

but still?

No, you cannot increase the crap factor of your pages on IE by obscuring
<select> elements by setting their background. But you can always try
<marquee>, animated gifs, and sounds.

 

[Rik]

Well, a select box in MSIE (in any case < 7, not sure about 7) has kind
of it's own window/frame from a rendering standpoint, that's one of the
reasons we have this bug:
<http://www.giantant.com/antenna/examples/input_render_bug.html>

Ah, this is it:
<http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/01/17/514076.aspx>

So I wouldn't be surprised if incorrect transparent background has
something to do with it.

 

[vunet.us]

Ah, this is it:
<http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/01/17/514076.aspx>

So I wouldn't be surprised if incorrect transparent background has
something to do with it.
--
Rik Wasmus
Posted on Usenet: any site claiming this as original content or me as an
contributing member is stealing content.
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Thus, I may conclude there is no style I can set for select field to
make its background transparent. True?

 

[Jonathan N. Little]

Thus, I may conclude there is no style I can set for select field to
make its background transparent. True?

True.

You are very limited on how you can style the SELECT and other form
elements in IE...