[thelist] Getting back 3d input borders?

[Jeff Howden]

nemesis,

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> From: Nemesis
>
> > The first stylesheet sets the input borders to
> > 1px-wide white lines, giving them a "flat" look
> > instead of the default 3d inset look (or standard
> > blue border on XP). For my forum, I want to get the
> > default look back, but the above just doesn't seem
> > to be working. I've tried setting background-color
> > to other things as well, but the control never gets
> > its default look back.
> >
> > How do I do something like this?
>
> input,textarea{
> color:#587ea0;
> border:3px inset #eee;
> font:bold 100% "Verdana","Helvetica",sans-serif;
> background:#333;
> }
>
> If you make the border color lighter you might be able
> to make the border width smaller than 3px.
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this will set the form controls to a set color, border color, and background
color, which may or may not mimic the default look for the appearance
settings or skin the user has selected.

unfortunately, i suspect there's no real way to set the styles back to the
default look.

.jeff

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