Topic: Input Box

I have this simple input box on this
site I work on, and I can't figure out how
to change the background color, etc. of the button.
Any help would be cool...

<form action="http://www.google.com/search" method="get">

<input type="text" name="as_q">

<input type="submit" value="GoOgLe!">

</form>

[edit]By the way, I will be away until Monday.[/edit]


< Ozone Quotes >

(Edited by Gilbert Nolander on 04-30-2004 13:44)

There are ways to directly set a style based on the type of input, but they are not reliably supported at this point.

The best, for now, is to add a class to the button and set the styles for that class how you want them.

I always have a ".button" class, and use it to apply to both form buttons, and any other link I may want to resemble a button of some sort.

I actually looked at your links page DL and saw the way you did it,
but couldn't duplicate the results.

I guess I would put

<input type="submit" class="button" value="GoOgLe!">

And then in the style sheet.

input:button {blah blah blah}

I'm not sure if this is right. And what would the 'blah blah blah' be to set background color and text color?


< Ozone Quotes >

actually it would need to be "input.button", or more simply, ".button"

The 'blah blah blah' will depend on exactly what you want to do. Mine is currently set as follows:

.button

	{

	background-color:#c03113;

	color:#eee4c0;

	font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;

	font-size:10px;

	line-height:10px;

	font-weight:bold;

	border:#577168 1px solid;

	margin:5px 0;

	padding:1px;

	}

The W3C Colors and Backgrounds Spec should be helpful.

Thanks...
That Did it...