This may be a dumb question, but this thing is bothering me more than it should. It's a known fact that Google Chrome outlines <input> elements by default when they're focused. I don't like its default appearance so I implemented my own outline for the focus selector on my CSS:
#LoginForm input:focus {
outline: #1F377A dotted 1px;
}
The original Chrome's implementation looks as follows (notice the blue outline around the text input):
But by using my own css implementation it looks like this:
Why does my outline appears inside the text input and not around as chrome's default outline does?
These are the relevant css lines for my input element:
#LoginForm input {
display: blocK;
float: left;
height: 24px;
border: none;
font-family: inherit;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 4px;
}
#LoginForm input:focus {
outline: red solid 1px;
}
#LoginForm .textInput {
padding: 0px 2px 0px 2px;
font-size: 9pt;
}
The only thing that let's me change between my own and chrome's outline is just commenting the input:focus selector and nothing more. I don't want to use borders, since the actually add to the size of the element and I don't want that.
If you check the chrome dev tools, the outline is not a simple 1px outline but shows up as
:focus {
outline-color: -webkit-focus-ring-color;
outline-style: auto;
outline-width: 5px;
}
input:focus, textarea:focus, keygen:focus, select:focus {
outline-offset: -2px;
}
The outline-offset is what you where looking for. To have a red outline simply add this to your style sheet:
:focus {
outline-color: #f00;
}
If you also want it on other elements use:
.element:focus {
outline-color: #f00;
outline-style: auto;
outline-width: 5px;
outline-offset: -2px;
}
Here's a JSFiddle to play with.
EDIT:
To have the outline exactly on the border (and not inside of it) you have to set
outline-offset: 0;
to override the chrome user agent styles.
Related
I'm trying to add border-radius to an input submit button, but when I do, Chrome is also adding a grey background colour and a box shadow.
How can I just use border-radius to round the corners, and keep the background colour white, and have no box-shadow?
Here's my HTML:
<input type="submit" id="nm-match" class="nm-button" value="Match" />
And my CSS:
.nm-button {
border-radius: 5px;
}
Here's a demo of the problem: http://jsfiddle.net/CJg43/3/
Use your inspector on chrome and scroll to the element .m-button. (for the quickest way right click directly on the button and say inspect element) If you look on the Elements tab (which should be the first one popped up and look on the right side at the styles section it will show all the css styles being applied to that element whether they were put there by you or by chrome (the cool thing about this styles section is the styles are in order of precedence so you can easily tell which styles overwrite which (that being the higher styles overwrite the lower ones)) or even if they are the default for an element (example display: block; are always on block level elements like divs.) This is a handy tool.
So if you do this in your case you will see that chrome applies different styles to input styles. These are mostly being applied because the input[type="submit"]. If you want to overwrite these styles for the most part just overwriting the same styles in your class on your button should suffice. adding the following should be fine if you only want to overwrite the styles for the background color the "box-shadow" (which it's actually the border that is creating that shadow so just add a new border)
.nm-button {
border-radius: 5px;
background-color: #fff;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
}
Also since it's a button suggest something like the following code so it looks clickable.
.nm-button:hover {
background-color: #ddd;
cursor: pointer;
}
Here are the styles put there by chrome in your case. It's alot but chrome also is very minimalistic in it's approach so that all of this is easily overwritable. (P.S. I hope this helped, feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions.)
input[type="button"], input[type="submit"], input[type="reset"], input[type="file"]::-webkit-file-upload-button, button {
padding: 1px 6px;
}
user agent stylesheetinput[type="button"], input[type="submit"], input[type="reset"], input[type="file"]::-webkit-file-upload-button, button {
align-items: flex-start;
text-align: center;
cursor: default;
color: buttontext;
padding: 2px 6px 3px;
border: 2px outset buttonface;
border-image-source: initial;
border-image-slice: initial;
border-image-width: initial;
border-image-outset: initial;
border-image-repeat: initial;
background-color: buttonface;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
user agent stylesheetinput[type="button"], input[type="submit"], input[type="reset"] {
-webkit-appearance: push-button;
white-space: pre;
}
user agent stylesheetinput, input[type="password"], input[type="search"], isindex {
-webkit-appearance: textfield;
padding: 1px;
background-color: white;
border: 2px inset;
border-image-source: initial;
border-image-slice: initial;
border-image-width: initial;
border-image-outset: initial;
border-image-repeat: initial;
-webkit-rtl-ordering: logical;
-webkit-user-select: text;
cursor: auto;
}
user agent stylesheetinput, textarea, keygen, select, button, isindex {
margin: 0em;
font: -webkit-small-control;
color: initial;
letter-spacing: normal;
word-spacing: normal;
text-transform: none;
text-indent: 0px;
text-shadow: none;
display: inline-block;
text-align: start;
}
user agent stylesheetinput, textarea, keygen, select, button, isindex, meter, progress {
-webkit-writing-mode: horizontal-tb;
}
I have a lot of forms on my website with, of course, many of the fields in them being required. If required field is left empty, it is assigned an 'error' class and I'm trying to circle the field in red regardless whether it is a text field, drop down menu or a checkbox.
I have the following code in my css file:
.error input, .error select, .error textarea {
border-style: solid;
border-color: #c00;
border-width: 2px;
}
Now strangely enough that works well in IE but in Chrome the checkboxes are not circled in red although I can see that the CSS is applied to them when inspecting the element.
And this might be irrelevant at the css code above is active but I do have something else in my css file:
input[type=checkbox] {
background:transparent;
border:0;
margin-top: 2px;
}
And that is used so that the checkboxes are displayed correctly in IE8 and less.
Any ideas how I can visualize the red border in Chrome?
EDIT:
Here's a jsfiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/PCD6f/3/
Just do it like so (your selectors were wrong: .error input, .error select, .error textarea):
input[type=checkbox] {
outline: 2px solid #F00;
}
Here's the jsFiddle
Specifically for a checkbox use outline: 2px solid #F00;, BUT keep in mind that the border will still be visible. Styling input fields to look them well across multiple browsers is tricky and unreliable.
For a completely custom styled checkbox, see this jsFiddle from this Gist.
EDIT Play with: outline-offset: 10px;
Check Box, and Radio Button CSS Styling Border without any image or content. Just pure css.
JSFiddle Link here
input[type="radio"]:checked:before {
display: block;
height: 0.4em;
width: 0.4em;
position: relative;
left: 0.4em;
top: 0.4em;
background: #fff;
border-radius: 100%;
content: '';
}
/* checkbox checked */
input[type="checkbox"]:checked:before {
content: '';
display: block;
width: 4px;
height: 8px;
border: solid #fff;
border-width: 0 2px 2px 0;
-webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
transform: rotate(45deg);
margin-left: 4px;
margin-top: 1px;
}
Works for me.only outline doesn't work.
input[type=checkbox].has-error{
outline: 1px solid red !important;
}
In Chrome, I can set the background-color of a text input field and all that changes is the background color. In this way I can highlight fields that need to be paid attention to (make the background light red so that the user knows there's a mistake there). In Firefox, and I suspect other browsers, the background color is changed, but the text field also looks more plain. Inset shadows disappear and when focused on the field there's no blue glow around it. It just looks different.
Is there a way to highlight a text field without changing the look and feel of it in Firefox (and other similar browsers)?
UPDATE: Example code:
<ul>
<li><input type="text" style="background-color: red"/></li>
<li><input type="text"/></li>
</ul>
You can see the difference between the 2 text fields. Hovering and focusing on the normal text field feels native to the OS. But the text field with a red background isn't as good anymore.
Here's the jsfiddle link.
I got the same issue back then, seems that if you want to change the background-color, you must change the border style for Firefox, 2px solid and the color of your choice.
No, I do not believe so. Opera has the same behavior as Firefox. The best solution I came up with was to only style the elements if they required the user's attention (the element has focus or contains invalid data).
This is what I use as part of my Sass bootstrap:
#mixin background($image, $bgcolor) { background: $bgcolor url(#{$imagedir}#{$image}) no-repeat scroll right center }
input:not([type^="date"]):not([type="file"]):not([type="radio"]):not([type="checkbox"]), textarea, select {
font: inherit;
// background-color background-image background-repeat background-attachment background-position
&:required:valid, &:required:in-range {
//border: 1px solid #0f0;
&:focus { outline: 1px solid #0f0; #include background("tick.png", transparent); }
}
&:invalid, &:out-of-range {
#include background("asterisk_orange.png", $required-bg);
border: 1px solid $required-color;
&:focus {
background-image: url("#{$imagedir}exclamation.png"); outline: 1px solid $required-color;
}
}
}
This is what the generated CSS looks like:
input:not([type^="date"]):not([type="file"]):not([type="radio"]):not([type="checkbox"]), textarea, select {
font: inherit;
}
input:not([type^="date"]):not([type="file"]):not([type="radio"]):not([type="checkbox"]):required:valid:focus, input:not([type^="date"]):not([type="file"]):not([type="radio"]):not([type="checkbox"]):required:in-range:focus, textarea:required:valid:focus, textarea:required:in-range:focus, select:required:valid:focus, select:required:in-range:focus {
outline: 1px solid #0f0;
background: transparent url(icons/silk/tick.png) no-repeat scroll right center;
}
input:not([type^="date"]):not([type="file"]):not([type="radio"]):not([type="checkbox"]):invalid, input:not([type^="date"]):not([type="file"]):not([type="radio"]):not([type="checkbox"]):out-of-range, textarea:invalid, textarea:out-of-range, select:invalid, select:out-of-range {
background: #fef8b4 url(icons/silk/asterisk_orange.png) no-repeat scroll right center;
border: 1px solid red;
}
input:not([type^="date"]):not([type="file"]):not([type="radio"]):not([type="checkbox"]):invalid:focus, input:not([type^="date"]):not([type="file"]):not([type="radio"]):not([type="checkbox"]):out-of-range:focus, textarea:invalid:focus, textarea:out-of-range:focus, select:invalid:focus, select:out-of-range:focus {
background-image: url("icons/silk/exclamation.png");
outline: 1px solid red;
}
input:not([type^="date"]):not([type="file"]):not([type="radio"]):not([type="checkbox"]):focus + .tip, textarea:focus + .tip, select:focus + .tip {
display: inline;
position: absolute;
border: 1px solid red;
background: #fef8b4;
margin: 0;
padding: 2px .5em;
}
It's worth noting that for Opera, outline does not cause the element to lose its default styling like border/background does.
This question already has answers here:
How to remove focus border (outline) around text/input boxes? (Chrome) [duplicate]
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Closed 7 years ago.
I have seen that chrome puts a thicker border on :focus but it kind of looks off in my case where I've used border-radius also. Is there anyway to remove that?
You should be able to remove it using
outline: none;
but keep in mind this is potentially bad for usability: It will be hard to tell whether an element is focused, which can suck when you walk through all a form's elements using the Tab key - you should reflect somehow when an element is focused.
I had to do all of the following to completely remove it:
outline-style: none;
box-shadow: none;
border-color: transparent;
Example:
button {
border-radius: 20px;
padding: 20px;
}
.no-focusborder:focus {
outline-style: none;
box-shadow: none;
border-color: transparent;
background-color: black;
color: white;
}
<p>Click in the white space, then press the "Tab" key.</p>
<button>Button 1 (unchanged)</button>
<button class="no-focusborder">Button 2 (no focus border, custom focus indicator to show focus is present but the unwanted highlight is gone)</button>
<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>
To remove the default focus, use the following in your default .css file :
:focus {outline:none;}
You can then control the focus border color either individually by element, or in the default .css:
:focus {outline:none;border:1px solid red}
Obviously replace red with your chosen hex code.
You could also leave the border untouched and control the background color (or image) to highlight the field:
:focus {outline:none;background-color:red}
:-)
This will definitely work. Orange outline won't show up anymore..
Common for all tags:
*:focus {
outline: none;
}
Specific to some tag, ex: input tag
input:focus{
outline:none;
}
border:0;
outline:none;
box-shadow:none;
This should do the trick.
The simpliest way is to use something like this but note that it may not be that good.
input {
outline: none;
}
I hope you find this useful.
you could just set outline: none; and border to a different color on focus.
Problem is when you already have an outline. Chrome still changes something and it's a real pain. I cannot find what to change :
.search input {
outline: .5em solid black;
width:41%;
background-color:white;
border:none;
font-size:1.4em;
padding: 0 0.5em 0 0.5em;
border-radius:3px;
margin:0;
height:2em;
}
.search input:focus, .search input:hover {
outline: .5em solid black !important;
box-shadow:none;
border-color:transparent;;
}
.search button {
border:none;
outline: .5em solid black;
color:white;
font-size:1.4em;
padding: 0 0.9em 0 0.9em;
border-radius: 3px;
margin:0;
height:2em;
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#4EB4F8), to(#4198DE));
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#4EB4F8, #4198DE);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #4EB4F8, #4198DE);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(#4EB4F8, #4198DE);
background: -o-linear-gradient(#4EB4F8, #4198DE);
background: linear-gradient(#4EB4F8, #4198DE);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#4EB4F8', endColorstr='#4198DE');
zoom: 1;
}
I am wondering if its possible to remove the default blue and yellow glow when I click on a text input / text area using CSS?
Edit (11 years later): Don't do this unless you're going to provide a fallback to indicate which element is active. Otherwise, this harms accessibility as it essentially removes the indication showing which element in a document has focus. Imagine being a keyboard user and not really knowing what element you can interact with. Let accessibility trump aesthetics here.
textarea, select, input, button { outline: none; }
Although, it's been argued that keeping the glow/outline is actually beneficial for accessibility as it can help users see which Element is currently focused.
You can also use the pseudo-element ':focus' to only target the inputs when the user has them selected.
Demo: https://jsfiddle.net/JohnnyWalkerDesign/xm3zu0cf/
This effect can occur on non-input elements, too. I've found the following works as a more general solution
:focus {
outline-color: transparent;
outline-style: none;
}
Update: You may not have to use the :focus selector. If you have an element, say <div id="mydiv">stuff</div>, and you were getting the outer glow on this div element, just apply like normal:
#mydiv {
outline-color: transparent;
outline-style: none;
}
On textarea resizing in webkit based browsers:
Setting max-height and max-width on the textarea will not remove the visual resize handle. Try:
resize: none;
(and yes I agree with "try to avoid doing anything which breaks the user's expectation", but sometimes it does make sense, i.e. in the context of a web application)
To customize the look and feel of webkit form elements from scratch:
-webkit-appearance: none;
I experienced this on a div that had a click event and after 20 some searches I found this snippet that saved my day.
-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0,0,0,0);
This disables the default button highlighting in webkit mobile browsers
Carl W:
This effect can occur on non-input elements, too. I've found the following works as a more general solution
:focus {
outline-color: transparent;
outline-style: none;
}
I’ll explain this:
:focus means it styles the elements that are in focus. So we are styling the elements in focus.
outline-color: transparent; means that the blue glow is transparent.
outline-style: none; does the same thing.
This is the solution for people that do care about accessibility.
Please, don't use outline:none; for disabling the focus outline. You are killing accessibility of the web if you do this. There is a accessible way of doing this.
Check out this article that I've written to explain how to remove the border in an accessible way.
The idea in short is to only show the outline border when we detect a keyboard user. Once a user starts using his mouse we disable the outline. As a result you get the best of the two.
If you want to remove the glow from buttons in Bootstrap (which is not necessarily bad UX in my opinion), you'll need the following code:
.btn:focus, .btn:active:focus, .btn.active:focus{
outline-color: transparent;
outline-style: none;
}
This solution worked for me.
input:focus {
outline: none !important;
box-shadow: none !important;
}
some times it's happens buttons also then use below to remove the outerline
input:hover
input:active,
input:focus,
textarea:active,
textarea:hover,
textarea:focus,
button:focus,
button:active,
button:hover
{
outline:0px !important;
}
<select class="custom-select">
<option>option1</option>
<option>option2</option>
<option>option3</option>
<option>option4</option>
</select>
<style>
.custom-select {
display: inline-block;
border: 2px solid #bbb;
padding: 4px 3px 3px 5px;
margin: 0;
font: inherit;
outline:none; /* remove focus ring from Webkit */
line-height: 1.2;
background: #f8f8f8;
-webkit-appearance:none; /* remove the strong OSX influence from Webkit */
-webkit-border-radius: 6px;
-moz-border-radius: 6px;
border-radius: 6px;
}
/* for Webkit's CSS-only solution */
#media screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:0) {
.custom-select {
padding-right:30px;
}
}
/* Since we removed the default focus styles, we have to add our own */
.custom-select:focus {
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 3px 1px #c00;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 3px 1px #c00;
box-shadow: 0 0 3px 1px #c00;
}
/* Select arrow styling */
.custom-select:after {
content: "▼";
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
font-size: 60%;
line-height: 30px;
padding: 0 7px;
background: #bbb;
color: white;
pointer-events:none;
-webkit-border-radius: 0 6px 6px 0;
-moz-border-radius: 0 6px 6px 0;
border-radius: 0 6px 6px 0;
}
</style>
I found it helpful to remove the outline on a "sliding door" type of input button, because the outline doesn't cover the right "cap" of the sliding door image making the focus state look a little wonky.
input.slidingdoorbutton:focus { outline: none;}
I just needed to remove this effect from my text input fields, and I couldn't get the other techniques to work quite right, but this is what works for me;
input[type="text"], input[type="text"]:focus{
outline: 0;
border:none;
box-shadow:none;
}
Tested in Firefox and in Chrome.
Sure! You can remove blue border also from all HTML elements using *
*{
outline-color: transparent;
outline-style: none;
}
And
*{
outline: none;
}