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Re: HTML select field where the OPTION text is of different colors [message #172773 is a reply to message #172767]

Mon, 28 February 2011 16:47

The Natural Philosoph
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gemoroy(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
> On Feb 28, 9:52 am, venky_lb <lb.ve...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Is it possible to have an HTML select field where the OPTION text is
>> of different colors?
>>
>> <select>
>> <option>Black_text (yellow_text)</option>
>> </select>
>>
>> I tried using an CSS SPAN element to color the text but that doesn't
>> seem to work.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> It's impossible. The only one thing that you can try is to emulate
> select/options by javascript, but it's not easy
+1.

Option boxes are generally OS dependent, and very browser specific.

You don't need a LOT of javascript to generate a flyout menu with
colours, but you do need SOME.

Whether its an acceptable compromise, is up to the exact situation.

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		HTML select field where the OPTION text is of different colors By: venky_lb on Mon, 28 February 2011 06:52
		Re: HTML select field where the OPTION text is of different colors By: Andy on Mon, 28 February 2011 08:50
		Re: HTML select field where the OPTION text is of different colors By: gemoroy(at)gmail(dot)com on Mon, 28 February 2011 13:31
		Re: HTML select field where the OPTION text is of different colors By: venky_lb on Mon, 28 February 2011 13:38
		Re: HTML select field where the OPTION text is of different colors By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 28 February 2011 16:44
		Re: HTML select field where the OPTION text is of different colors By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 28 February 2011 16:57
		Re: HTML select field where the OPTION text is of different colors By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 28 February 2011 16:47
		Re: HTML select field where the OPTION text is of different colors By: Captain Paralytic on Mon, 28 February 2011 23:33
		Re: HTML select field where the OPTION text is of different colors By: Denis McMahon on Tue, 01 March 2011 00:23
		Re: HTML select field where the OPTION text is of different colors By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 01 March 2011 00:41
		Re: HTML select field where the OPTION text is of different colors By: Erwin Moller on Mon, 28 February 2011 13:36
		Re: HTML select field where the OPTION text is of different colors By: venky_lb on Wed, 02 March 2011 10:10

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