[Fygar]

Ok, to start off, I reallly don't like HTML Drop Down menus... As far as I can tell, they cannot be changed using CSS Filters... What I want to do on a site I'm working on is make unused form objects semi-transparent, well every other Form object complies except for the drop down menus... perhaps there is a Javascript version of these? Thanks in advance...

[fyrestorm]

can we see what you're trying to do?
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the only thing i've ever been able to change in a dropdown box is the background color and the text color...

[supersloth]

do you mean like, the drop down menu's on dreamincode? that can be easily done if your looking for that.

[Fygar]

I'm talking about DDMenus Like the following:
<select class='transparent' size='1' name='DDUser'>
<option value='value'>value'</option>
...
</select>

They won't turn transparent unsing the following code in css:

.transparent
{
   filter: Alpha(Opacity: 30)
}

[fyrestorm]

just had to inquire, i didn't know that there was a transparent tag...

[codeman]

Uhhh, there isn't a transparent tag. There is a transparent attribute like this:

&lt;img style="background: transparent;" alt="image" /&gt;

But if you are referring to the .transparent it's just the class that he is applying to the forms.

Yes, dropdown menus don't seem to respond much to styling. Just try changing the scrollbar color on those! It's almost immpossible!

[Fygar]

Yea, crazy buggers... I wish they where normal <input /> fields... Those respond to css changes and such... So yea, basically I was wondering if there was a Java version of the drop down menu... Doesn't seem like it though....

[baz]

Hi,
I know its been a long time since you posted this message, and you may have solved your problem already, but I was browsing through and thought I'd offer the following alternatives:
You could "disable" the form field using simple html by adding "disabled" into the tag:

<select name="" disabled>
    <option>Hello
    <option>Everyone
</select>

...or you could try the "custom select box" at Webfx, it behaves pretty much the same but you can add images and all kinds of stuff, and probably add some kind of transparency
http://www.webfx.eae...sGenerated.html

I hope this helps,

Baz