[thelist] Suppress Aqua theme when styling form elements

Mirthe Valentijn m.valentijn at e-vision.nl
Tue Sep 26 03:31:45 CDT 2006


I was hoping for something that didn't mean having to change the HTML, 
but I'm afraid that's what will have to be done. Thanks for the reply.

Oh, and what a coincedence, as this was published only yesterday
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/push_my_button/

-Mirthe


ben morrison wrote:
> On 9/22/06, Mirthe Valentijn <m.valentijn at e-vision.nl> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone know if it's possible to overrule the styling applied to
>> form elements on a Mac? In particular the submit buttons.
>> Similar to <meta http-equiv="MSThemeCompatible" content="no" /> for
>> suppressing styling by Windows XP.
> 
> Here's an extensive list showing how each browser and OS style form buttons:
> 
> http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200410/styling_even_more_form_controls/
> 
> You may have more luck with using a <button>[1] control instead of
> <input type="submit">, this depends on which browsers you are
> supporting.
> 
> [1] http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/forms/button.html
> 
> 
> ben



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