Hi, you click with you mouse in a text area (like the one I used to type this message) there is a little blinking thingy that says where the text will be typed. Is there a way to change the color of this thingy with CSS ?
Thanks guys,
Hi, you click with you mouse in a text area (like the one I used to type this message) there is a little blinking thingy that says where the text will be typed. Is there a way to change the color of this thingy with CSS ?
Thanks guys,
no way!! :D
thats way too advanced....
why do you want to do that for anyway?
there are certain things that is doesn't make sense to mess with. That is one of those things (IMO). People start to panic if they can't see the cursor in a text field.
LOL Precisely.
argh....maybe thats why IE rules over netscape in terms of the customisation of useless elements. ( They don't affect your business on the web do they? )
Most Important: Be Practical.
I think the above 2 words explains it all. :)
Yes, if I want to modify this blinking cursor its because my text area is dark, and I'd like to make it white so people won't miss it.
Okay. I think I get you. ( Did I? )
You set the background to be black for example, so now you want to set the cursor and text to be white?
try specifying the color attribute.
color : #FFFFFF;
Well, sure the text gets white, but not the cursor :)
Oh..hmm...I don't think its possible then...Not that I know
Sorry
you don't really need to worry about the cursor being the same colour as the background...
the cursor will always be the opposite colour of the background, so it will always be seen. set the background to black and the cursor will be white. try and see. :)
speaking of which, occasionally I come across a site that has customised scroll bar colours.
Reputable popular sites, but I can hardly find the scrollbar. If there's one thing that is important, it is to have the basic elements in a colour that is expected, to avoid confusion.
Just quoting myself :PQuote:
Originally posted by lynlimz
argh....maybe thats why IE rules over netscape in terms of the customisation of useless elements. ( They don't affect your business on the web do they? )
Most Important: Be Practical.
I think the above 2 words explains it all. :)
I agree. I was just thinking about coloured scroll bars when I got to your post! I think some basic input/interface widgets need to remain at their basic element and text input boxes and scroll bars are examples of these.
YEP
Sometimes, Its rather annoying to the eyes..
weird...I was a site that had clear text fields...it was an amazing effect...let me see it I can find the site
brb
ok...here is the site:
http://plusoneangels.cjb.net/
Click Enter...then at the drop-down menu, select Join...you will see what I am talking about. It took me about 20 minutes to sort through the code enough to get to the source for that page. She has the "no right click" script and its in frames, PLUS it's one of those weird hosting companies where they make it very difficult to get to the real URL.
Anywa...check it out and let me know what you think. It is intriguing, but practical? I don't know about that one.
i seem to remember saying that not long ago :DQuote:
Originally posted by lynlimz
Just quoting myself :P
btw... creole, tt transparency was actually an accidental mistake.
if you see the css style...
input, textarea { background: 66699cc;
there are 7 numbers there. it was probably meant to be 6699cc, but when you make an error there it ignores the value, and it becomes { background: ; }, which is a transparent effect... in ie only, as far as i know.
btw, don't you have a "right-click menu" button on your keyboard? :)
As boredboi said there does seem to be a problem with the css of the input tag. However, there is a standard way of applying a transparent background colour:
Code:style="background-color: transparent"
oh geez..which post? dangQuote:
Originally posted by boredboi
i seem to remember saying that not long ago :D
i'll edit it if you want..dun wanna infringe a copyright =)
shane...thansk for that tup. I didn't even know you could do transparency...I guess I would not have even thought it could be so.
http://www.sitepointforums.com/showt...threadid=18502Quote:
Originally posted by lynlimz
oh geez..which post? dang
i'll edit it if you want..dun wanna infringe a copyright =)
hahaha.... i'll sue ya for it.... :lol: :D :)
lol. this is so dumb.
LOL
Well..We both singaporeans