[NTLUG:Discuss] Colour in HTML FORM/INPUT

[Alton Pouncey]

Steve Baker wrote:

> I'm a self-taught HTML writer - so I don't do much in the
> way of sophisticated pages, but I have run into a problem
> I can't solve by my usual technique of seeing how someone
> else did it.
>
> My homepage:  http://web2.airmail.net/sjbaker1
> ...has what I fondly believe to be tasteful colours - a
> textured green background and gold text.
>
> Well, I've been somewhat re-vamping it to get rid of the
> GIF images (rassin-frassin Unisys grrrrrr!!)
>
> I wanted to add a real simple FORM with a text entry box
> and a 'submit' button. (You can see it at the bottom of
> the page).
>
> I can't for the life of me figure out how to change the
> colour of the text input area and the "highlight" on
> the accept button which are showing up in a garish white.
> Can it really be that there is no way to change those
> areas to something a little more muted?
>
> I've checked a gazillion sites and to my suprise, I
> can't find any that do this.  The handful of online
> tutorials I've checked don't seem to offer any advice.
>

To my knowledge neither of these can be changed because the "submit"
button is just a "default" button - I don't think CSS can change this.
Also, the input that I type cannot be influenced by anything in your
html because the input comes from the end-user - it's not generated by
your html.

Alton Pouncey


>
> I have not yet figured out style sheets though - maybe
> there is a way to use those to do it?
>
> (My HTML editing tool is 'vi' BTW)
>
> Help!
>
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