Styles for forms and elements

[Empier4552]

Hey. right now I have a form. One area is a text area. However it will already contain text and i'd like to make it non-writeable. I've seen thisdone in other places though I cannot recall where and am pretty sure it was a CSS value which defined weather or not I could write to it

[QuietDean]

Hello there.

To make a form element read-only, add readonly to the tag -

<textarea cols="30" rows="10" name="bob" readonly>
blah badger blah
</textarea>

That will do it.

[benzden]

As usual, thanks for the tips, QuietDean.

I've just added variations of each at

http://test.gumint.com and

http://tests.gumint.com


Now, is there any way to eliminate that unneeded scrollbar
to the right of the window?

The borders?

Changing the border colors?

[QuietDean]

I had a play, the scroll bars are not rendered if not needed in Mozilla, but I found a workaround for IE (tested in 6) which should work. The border is in there, too -

<form NAME="example">
<textarea COLS="56" ROWS="1" READONLY STYLE="background:#ffffe0; color:#8b0000;
font-family: verdana; font-size:14px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; text-decoration:none; overflow: hidden; border: 5px dashed #000069;">
Secondary SCRIPTs, STYLEs and TABLEs test page.
</textarea></form>

Form elements are always the trickiest to style, if it can be avoided, then avoid it

[benzden]

Merci beaucoup, QuietDean. You are a MASTER of your craft.

Now, the test pages show what is possible with this "quick and dirty" trick that uses a FORM for something for which it wasn't designed - much as a screw driver for opening a can of paint -- the types of tricks and techniques that make my own internet life much more interesting and enjoyable.

This is something I definitely will be using on various pages to display just such a disclaimer, entry notice or other user friendly text 'box' that stands out on the page "without the borders" that sometimes detract from it. ( It'll also make other webmasters wonder how it was done. )

[NyorexDC]

OMG.. thank you so much.. actually i only registered, to thank you... you really are a master