How to create a submit button that looks like an html text link. Then apply CSS properties to strip away the submits button borders and background color .submit { border:none; background-color: #fff; padding: 0; margin: 0; width: 5em; } Then
Highlight the background of form fields when field in use
To highlight form fields use the input class input:focus { background-color: yellow; } Most browsers will support this including NN 6+, Firefox, Safari and Opera. If some don’t then the browser will simply ignore it.
Design a 2 column form without tables
Designing a two column form without tables. You may want to have a form with two columns without using a table First of all mark out the areas into two sections. Log in Password Then set the display of the
Group common form elements with fieldsets
This can be accomplished using the tag. Contact Info Extra Details You can also add CSS rules to the fieldset and legend items such as margin-bottom, borders, fonts and padding.
How to change the background colour of a text field in a form
If you want to change the colour of the field the user has the cursor in, then use the following CSS: Input:focus, textarea:focus { background: #eee }
Making popups via DHTML
You can easily simulate a popup window using DHTML together with div and span tags. Start off by hiding the div area then use javascript to unhide the div tag when required. rollover here This is only visible if your
Skipping navigation and skip to content
Place the following at the top of your html page: Skip to content This way a screen reader will jump reading all your navigation and will just skip this and read your main content. It’s also important to hide this
How can I place a drop shadow effect behind an image
Place the image element inside a div element with the class attribute set to imgholder Set the alignment to the left so that text wraps around the image. Now set the background image of the drop shadow in two background
Stop people stealing my web page images
Stopping people stealing your images Use a single pixel transparent GIF as a place marker then wrap a div element around the img tag. alt=””> Then bring the image into the web page by using the background-property and making sure
How to colour your web page scrollbars
Changing the scrollbar properties are not part of the W3C standard, but some browsers support them. Use the following CSS settings: Scrollbar-face-color Scrollbar-shadow-color Scrollbar-highlight-color Scrollbar-3dlight-color Scrollbar-darkshadow-color Scrollbar-track-color Scrollbar-arrow-color You can use these settings for the main window scrollbar, textareas, framesets,