Is there a way to disable multi-selection from a table in CSS?
I have a table, and the user can select multiple items but I want it to restrict it to one item, is there a way to do that through CSS?
Short answer: there was possibly going to be a way, but no, there isn't.
Long answer: one of the proposed values for user-select was element. If the property made (or makes...) it into CSS3, I think that'd be the style you'd use. No browser implements it per the proposal though, since it was nothing beyond an idea. Vendor implementations usually only have all, text and none to choose from, but not element or elements.
CSS does not control user selections.
The best you can do is put a transparent DIV over top of the area to prevent users from selecting it. They could also just use Firebug to delete this DIV.
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I want to create a hyperlink with both text and a leading or trailing icon. This can be accomplished in at least two ways:
With CSS setting a background-image property
By creating a ASP.NET Html helper that generates an anchor tag followed by an image tag.
Are there more?
I'm guessing this is a problem that has been solved a million times, and there might be a best practice. I see negative and positive sides of both approaches, and I'd like some input from you guys.
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Both here and on programmes.stackexchange I get the warning "your question appears subjective and is likely to be closed". Where do one ask subjective questions nowadays?
Is the icon content? i.e. does it add (not duplicate) meaning to the document?
If so, it is content and should be an <img> element with a suitable alt attribute.
If it decorative? Then CSS is probably more appropriate.
I would give this anchor a padding-left and set image as non-repeating background.
Here is jsfiddle example: http://jsfiddle.net/ZDPnH/
I want to stlye a select element. i.e to constrain its width to a specified value,background-color.
I also want to be able to style the option set(via Option constructor)
Is it possible. I am using IE6.
Just a note. Because IE6 renders the drop down box using Windows Shell ListBox and Combobox controls, many styling features do not work. I wish I could find an old link out ther for you but I cant seem to find it. I belive background-color will not work, I know border color does not work in ie 6.
Here is the best link I could find. It explains some but not all
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2006/01/17/514076.aspx
I have a label with a tooltip attribute for rollover effect. This works all great. However, it seems to get hidden behind any dropdown lists that are nearby. I have tried adjusting the z-index, without any luck. This issue does not appear in firefox, and I have not tested it in later versions of IE.
I realize this is probably due to IE6s poor css standards-compatibility, but how can I get around this?
Not the best because it requires javascript/jQuery library, but there's a workaround:
http://dhtmlgrounds.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/ie6-select-box-z-index-bug/
IE6 has a know error that selects always end up the highest in the z order...
Custom select control optional?
Have a look at this
Another idea is to use the ajaxtoolkit autocomplete?
The select dropdown in IE6 is implemented as a Windows control, so the browser isn't really drawing it. Thus, it doesn't support features like z-index. One possible solution is to hide all select boxes on the page when you show your tool-tip. Another option is a custom dropdown, which you can find in libraries like Ext.
As astander and MikeWyatt said, selects in IE are topmost. There are two paths to work-around this problem:
Use a custom select box, rendered with divs, etc. This is rather cumbersome, since you won't be able to replicate all of the drop-down functionality.
Place an <IFRAME> under the tooltip (tooltip z-index > iframe z-index). This will work-around the problem, yet you have to worry about the positioning of the iframe overlay.
Is there a way to bold only part of the text in a drop down list option or is this not possible?
I know that you can style the entire option with CSS, but that is not what I am looking for. And HTML inside of an option tag does not render.
Here would be an example of a drop down list item:
SomeID - Description of ID
You cannot do this. The most likely solution you'll find "out there" would be to add a surrounding span with hard coded style, but neither IE (7) nor Firefox (3.0.12) honor this. In fact, if you look at the generated source in Firefox, the internal span is completely stripped out.
What you can do is use a JavaScript solution to give you the appearance of a select without actually using a select.
EDIT: And here's a great HOWTO on how to do it: http://www.devirtuoso.com/2009/08/styling-drop-down-boxes-with-jquery/
Not possible or at least not working cross browsers. If you really need this, you can create your own dropdown but I wouldn't recommend it.
What is the simplest and most elegant way to simulate the hover pseudo-class for non-Anchor tags in IE6?
I am specifically trying to change the cursor in this instance to that of a pointer.
I think the simplest way is to use the hover.htc approach. You add the hover.htc file to your site, then reference it in your stylesheet:
body { behavior:url("csshover.htc"); }
If you want to keep things as clean as possible, you can use IE conditional comments so that line is only rendered users with IE6.
Regarding your request -- I am specifically trying to change the cursor in this instance to that of a pointer -- the easiest way is to specify cursor:pointer in your css. I think you will find that works in IE 6.
Try this to verify (where div can be any element):
<div style="background:orange; cursor:pointer; height:100px; width:100px;">
Hover
</div>
I would say that the simplest method would be to add onmouseover/out Javascript functions.
Another alternative that will fix many more issues in one go is to use IE7.js.
Another approach, depending on what the item is, is to add a non link anchor and set its display to block. Either put the anchor within or surrounding the item you want the pseudo hover behavior on.
Aside:
I actually already needed to swap the image anyhow
Make sure you take a look at Image Sprites. Sometimes its much nicer to use one image and "shift" the image then to use two separate images and "toggle" or "swap" between them. In my experience its been much nice when as user interacts with it is sometimes an advantage that there is a single request for the 1 image then multiple requests for multiple images.
I liked the mouseover/out best since I actually already needed to swap the image anyhow. I really should have thought of doing this with javascript to begin with.
Thanks for the quick answers.
#Joseph
Thanks for that link. I had never heard of this technique before and really like the idea.
I will definitely try that out and see how I fare with it.
If your willing to use JQuery, I would use Set Hover Class for Anything technique.