[thelist] more forms and CSS --making boxes invisible

Bruce Heerssen bheerssen at iecommerce.net
Tue Nov 7 11:43:42 CST 2000


"Scott Dexter" <sgd at ti3.com> wrote in message
news:8C8B8745C0FE7A43BFA6CABAB321117223F64B at gate.ti3.com...
> I've been tasked with making text input boxes not look like text input
> boxes, specifically, I gotta remove the border and make just the text
inside
> visible (its a read-only field, and we don't want users thinking they
should
> be trying to input to it).
>

AFAIK, Netscape versions 4.x do not support css borders on text input boxes.
I wonder though, if it's a read-only field, why not simply use the disabled
attribute, or if borders and backgrounds are really a big deal, just display
the text without the input field? If you need a field in the form, you could
make it a hidden field.  By using plain text for display, and a hidden form
field for the value, you can circumvent all the display issues with input
fields in IE and NN.







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