[thelist] accessing an input type (ie checkbox) through a nested CSS style

[VOLKAN ÖZÇELİK]

provided that you can access an external js file of course.

On 9/7/05, VOLKAN ÖZÇELİK <volkan.ozcelik at gmail.com> wrote:
> Though it depends on other issues DOM may be a solution:
> 
> <script type="text/javascript">
> window.onload=function(){
>   var arInput=document.getElementsByTagName("input");
> 
>   for(var i=0;i<arInput.length;i++){
>      if(arInput[i].type.toLowerCase()=="checkbox"){
>        arInput[i].className="myLovelyCheckBoxClass";
>     }
>   }
> }
> </script>
> 
> Not tested the code.
> 
> HTH,
> Volkan.
> 
> 
> On 9/7/05, Roger Newbrook <roger.newbrook at scientiasolutions.com> wrote:
> > Hello boys and girls,
> >
> > I am trying to style a series of forms using CSS. I have access to the
> > stylesheet to do this but not the actual codebase to add necessary
> > additional classes etc.
> >
> > I want to redefine my text boxes with a different than default border.
> > Initially I achieved this through redefining the input tag. A side effect of
> > this is, that in redefing the input tag I am inheriting the redefined border
> > on checkboxes and radio buttons.
> >
> > I have googled about on this problem, and the general idea/solution is that
> > certain input types are given a corresponding class (ie <input
> > type="checkbox" class="checkbox">. Here lies the problem, I don't have
> > access to the forms to change the code. :( (reminds me a bit of the song
> > "there's a hole in my bucket dear Liza")
> >
> > some other sites suggest using definitions such as
> >
> > input.text or input[type="text"] as ways of accessing the input type. I have
> > experimented with this but can't get them to work. Am I missing something
> > simple here? Has anyone tackled a problem like this before?
> >
> > hope someone can help...
> >
> > Roger
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