Textboxes and CSS
Hello guys! :wave:
Let me explain. I'm a gameshow freak, right, so I went to a website where I could play one of my favourite games. That's where I saw some interesting looking Textboxes.
I'm just curios to know how they are made, is it with Flash, CSS or something else
Here's the URL to the page I'm talking about:
http://www.mnet.co.za/mnet/shows/DealOrNoDeal_Game_RegOrLogin.asp
# 3 Re: Textboxes and CSS
It is CSS. They have some invalid CSS calling but I found the file. All <link> tags should be in the <head> but they didn't have that here.
.form_tf {
background-image: url(../ShowImages/dealOrNoDeal/form_tf_bg.gif);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
border: 1px solid #666666;
height: 22px;
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: normal;
}
# 4 Re: Textboxes and CSS
Thanx, for clearing that up! :thumb: I never thought that was possible - just shows :rolleyes:
Honestly, do you think it's a good idea having textboxes like these, or should we rather stick to "standards"
# 5 Re: Textboxes and CSS
Since CSS2 is very standard and has been around for a number of years, I find to reason to say that it is wrong. The key to remember in web design is that sometimes simple is better. Since that is a game show site, it would make sense that they are attempting to be "flashy" with their textboxes. I usually give mine a 1 pixel border but nothing fancy. Since Safari is one of my platforms that I must work with, I don't style textboxes too much be Safari has a custom textbox look that cannot be overridden.
# 7 Re: Textboxes and CSS
Here is an example of the Safari textbox. I like the look. But I will give a style for Firefox and IE. Usually I will style the dimensions, font, and border of the textboxes.
# 8 Re: Textboxes and CSS
That looks quite funky! Is Safari only for Mac
Probably a dumb question...
# 9 Re: Textboxes and CSS
No, it is not a dumb question. Yes, Safari is the web browser that ships with Mac OS X. I like that it is not built into the core like IE is with Windows. Yet another way of better security.
# 10 Re: Textboxes and CSS
You can style just about everything, except for the input[type=file] control. Each browser has its own quirks that it applies to system controls, though.
