[thelist] Value of Input with CSS
Seyon
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Fri Aug 13 10:19:48 CDT 2004
Message from Jono (8/13/2004 10:23 AM)
>I am aware that JS is capable of my request, but like I said, I need
>something that would work if the user has JS turned off. I was just curious
>if there was a style that could be applied to the empty text field...some
>sort of input style="whatever;" or
>
>I was thinking, if you can apply a background color to a input field, then
>maybe something else (like a image or snippet of a text file?) could be
>applied.
Jono, I suggested this in my first email.
You can apply a background to an input field. See this page for details -
http://gutfeldt.ch/matthias/articles/styleforms/index.html?
Make your error message into a gif and use that.
The concern that both I and Andy raised is using presentation CSS to do
functional work. It's akin to using tables for complex layouts. Yes it is
doable, but it's not necessarily a Good Thing.
regards.
-marc
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