I was wondering if there was a way of using HTML for the content of my ASP:Listbox items instead of plain text? The reason I ask is because I'd like to do some extra formatting on each item in the list. Not just font changes, but perhaps icons alongside the text or table rows to divide up each list item.
I'm vaguely aware that there may be a JavaScript solution to this problem, but I'm not having much luck with it, so if anyone can offer any suggestions or pointers that'd be great.
Edit: I should clarify that my target platform is .NET 2.0 and IE6.
Peter, that's very close to what I'm after. I've done this in my .NET app;
itemToAdd.Attributes.Add("style", "padding-left: 20px; background: url(" + image + ".gif) no-repeat left center;");
This works exactly as expected in FF3, but in IE the images are not displayed for some reason. Does anyone know of any issues surrounding the use of the background CSS element in IE?
there is another related stack-overflow question here:
Is there a way to enhance by CSS an HTML <select> and its <option> on IE 6?
From that it seems like you can;t set many of the css selectors for the OPTION element inside a SELECT.
You can set some things like color and background-color in IE6 but not other things like padding (that do work in certain newer browsers).
You can't format items in a listbox. You should design your own listbox.
Maybe you can create an HTML table of items. then you can format as you want.
for selection of items you can add a column with radio or checkboxes.
For ASP.NET a custom control this looks good :
JavaScript ListBox Control
You can use CSS Style attributes for the listitems.
But it looks like it is only possible in Firefox.
Edit: Tested it with IE 6 and it worked.
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Note: I've tried searching on google, but couldn't find what I was looking for.
Browsers have some default styles they use for rendering form elements, which is different from browser to browser. Is there a way to reset all of the native browser styles for form elements like select, radios, checkbox etc, to make a consistent look across browsers?
I've made a quick example:
form elements http://grab.by/grabs/34db87ee1ad93e031cc72808feb2c8e7.png
As can see the form elements are rendered slightly differently. What I would like, is some styles, that can reset them, to look alike, for IE, Firefox and Webkit.
So how do you do this? A link to a css stylesheet with all the needed styles would be fantastic.
Short answer: you can't.
Long answer: you can, but expect pain.
I've hacked together nice looking Radio buttons, Checkboxes and Selects with 'sleight of hand' javascript + css. Basically, just after an input is loaded I hide it and replace it with labels / divs with events bound to them to make them act like they're the right inputs, and css to make them look that way. The events also update the underlying input so that the correct values are submitted with the rest of the form. If my script barfs or JS is off, the user gets the normal controls.
It wasn't that fun but the result is passable.
I do not look forward to seeing the mess IE makes of it though :)
I had inspiration from:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/selectreplace/?showfeed=code
This is an old question now but adding the CSS rule -webkit-appearance:none may help remove default Webkit styling, e.g. pill shaped buttons on Mobile Safari.
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 drop down html field holding a ton of data (http://screencast.com/t/YzU4N2Y1ZGI) and What is the css div logic to style these (http://screencast.com/t/MzMyMGUyYjEt)? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Input elements can be styled in a very limited way only - in IE usually less than in FF, but not even Firefox supports full styling of input elements.
If it's really, really important to you, you would have to look at JavaScript powered alternatives. Here's a list of 11 JQuery based SELECT dropdowns that can be styled fully.
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 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+ ...
alt text http://uploader.chytry.cz/select-checkbox.png
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