Hi,
Site: http://www.os42.com
Just been making some changes to my css and I am stuck when it comes to changing the 'look' of the search box.
Can anyone tell me how I go about changing this?
Thanks :)
Changing the 'look' of the search box (17 posts)
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shadow
Posted 5 years ago # -
wheezyjoe
Posted 5 years ago #You can create a class like this:
.textbox {
border-style: none;
background: transparent;
}
And then set the class in your form:
< input name="test" value="" type="text" size="14" class="textbox" >
[Culled from Experts Exchange] -
Kelso
Posted 5 years ago #Yeah, do that specifically... sorry forgot to mention the important part :D
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Posted 5 years ago #Thanks Kelso, wheezy joe,
I tried all that but still could'nt get the background to be the same colour as my site.
I most likely did something wrong - but thanks for trying - and for your patience with noobies :)
All I am really trying to do is get that grey background out and replace it with the same colours as my body background with maybe a light border.
It's very frustrating being so incompetent!! -
You can always use this...
input,textarea,select {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
border: 1px solid #000000;
color: #6C715B; }
Works for me. :) -
Posted 5 years ago #Here I go again making a fool of myself - this is becoming a bad habit on this forum.
Where exactly does that go mamabean? I put it straight into my css but it makes no difference.
I know I will be stoned to death for such blasphemy, but sometimes, just sometimes - I miss html.... :) -
I know how you feel... sometimes I miss the simplicity myself. LOL
Anyways... yes, it just goes straight into the css file you use. Looking at your css (I hope you don't mind my peeking), I saw you have the following...
input {
border: 1px solid #556;
}
textarea {
width: col="70";
border: 1px solid #556;
}
I wonder if it is conflicting with that? Try adding
background-color: #FFFFFF;
to them... making the color whatever you choose.
I'm by no means a css expert though. Just grasping at straws. :) -
Posted 5 years ago #Thanks for offering another suggestion but it is still no go....I can't believe something so simple as a background has consumed so many hours of my time...
Greys nice...I like grey...I love grey...GREY IS ME!.. -
#menu li form input{
background-color: #00ffff;
}
Stick that in ? -
Just a thought - try making your line look like this in index.php
<input type="text" name="s" id="s" size="15" />
It's the id="s" to add.
It's the only difference I can see between the actual Search button on your page and the one on mine. -
Posted 5 years ago #Yeehaaaaaaaaa....
Podz wins the prize! Finally - wow! And to think I thought databases were hard to deal with!
Thanks heaps Podz :) :) -
Cool !
Am I glad I've got a testblog or what - lots of playing to find that !!
And that is most definitely finding it's way into the CSS guide soon ! -
I've just switched the hilite plugin on with my testblog, hard refreshed several times and all is okay .....
I don't think that error will be css related ... until I'm proved wrong that is :) -
Posted 5 years ago #Ok Podz...I will be the guinea pig and keep you informed...
I deactivated my google thingymajig and have put the search entry back into the css.
Fingers crossed :) -
PETbottle
Posted 5 years ago #Incidentally, I was just fiddling with my search box today, too. I only wish I had seen this thread first... it would have saved me a lot of work.
I have one follow-up question: on shadow's site (and mine as well), when you click inside the search box, the search button gets a darkened border. Is there anyway to stop that from happening?
Cheers! -
I had noticed that too (it happens on my blog as well) - I'm not sure what's causing it, but it only seems to happen in IE (surprise, surprise), so I assume it's some kind of decision on Microsoft's part to highlight the submit buttons when you "enter" a form. If you'll notice, the same thing happens in the comment form - as soon as you click on either the textarea or the name input field, the submit box gets 'blackbordered'...
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PETBottle / Oisin - not sure yet, and I'd tend to agree that it is related to the 'form' element, but I've just posted some more on how to customize the search box.
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