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.
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Think I know the answer to this one, but just thought there may be some genius out there whos know of a way to do this...
Basically I am making a site editor kind of thing and it would be amazingly handy if I could replicate the way Firebug and the Chrome console highlights elements when you hover over their code in the html/elements tabs of those inspectors...
Its not something I can do with background effects because that does not highlight the whole Div (the contents show above the highlight) and I don't think there is anyway of making a div overlay over the top of all the content but have it not block mouseovers on underlying elements...
Anyone any ideas? Is there any browser specific code that achieves this kind of thing?
In general, Firefox extensions are mostly JavaScript. Since Firebug is BSD licensed, you can browse its source code on its project site. Maybe you'll find the relevant code and get an idea how to solve your specific task.
You could add an outline in CSS on mouseover - that would highlight the element without changing its position, as outline does not effect layout. A box-shadow would also work similarly.
In fact, it looks to me like Firebug adds a dark bluish box-shadow to elements to highlight them.
I have a requirement by which I need to have something like below as the background of my asp.net menu item background.
NOTE: The menu is populated by sitemapdatasource which is dynamic depending on querystring.
I was doing some googling up and found that I can apply JQuery's rounded corner functionality along with asp.net menu item.
Has anyone got any better solution or probably an example of JQuery's rounded corner and asp.net menu item example.
Thanks,
Nimesh
Another option is to use CSS instead. This works even when JavaScript is turned off.
Unless you can control the browser clients use you will need to use CSS3PIE to get it working with Internet Explorer though.
The CSS properties you need are -webkit-border-radius, -moz-border-radius, and border-radius. If you include all three, and set them to the same value, the vast majority of browsers will render the rounded corners for you.
Also, there will be no visual lag in the rounding as there is with JavaScript sometimes.
EDIT: The CSS selector will be basically the same as the JQuery one.
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
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.
Is there any way, how to make rounded HTML <select>, without using any javascript?
I have this insane design and I have absolutely no idea how to do it only with CSS.
The same problem is with checkbox and radiobutton. Does anybody know how to make them rounded?
I need solution that works for IE6+, Firefox 2+, Opera 9+ ...
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No. Form styling is very problematic, there are no guarantees that any styling will work. Simple borders and background colours/images generally work OK in most browsers. I believe Safari will let you style very little. Check this page for more detailed info.
Honestly, the best solution is to use javascript. jQuery click menu is a great solution I used recently to mimic a select box (used JS to set a value on a hidden field when an element in the menu was selected).
I'm sure there are other solutions around too if you search.
No.
Now the long answer: Internet Explorer does not lend itself well to being styled. You will be able to set a background image for the left-hand side (the text content) that has rounded corners, but the drop-down arrow will be fixed as the default browser. You'll also find that the mousedown and mouseover states for the control will be fixed as the default style.
I think that in many cases, the ideal preferred design needs to be a little pragmatic about limitations in browser standards support. Specifically, the problem that IE6 doesn't support a fair number and IE7 is only slightly more compliant.
Sorry for the bad news.
no
please see this site for radiobutton and checkbox
http://www.maratz.com/blog/archives/2006/06/11/fancy-checkboxes-and-radio-buttons/
No, Whit out javascript or jQuery you can not do this. But if you need with jQuery try this link. It contains the HTML select box with rounded corners by jQuery.
http://webworld-develop.blogspot.com/2011/11/cool-html-5-select-with-jquery-and-css.html