Highlight or BOLD a single item in a drop down list

[Bob]

I've done this before, but can't find the simple code that allows
this.

I have a multiple item drop down created in a form with FrontPage
2002. I want to highlight or bold selected items, but not ALL the
items. The simple <b>BOLD</b> doesn't cut it. There is another
simple code that allows for this, highlighting, etc. Anyone know it?

[Els]

Bob wrote:

I've done this before, but can't find the simple code that allows
this.

I have a multiple item drop down created in a form with FrontPage
2002. I want to highlight or bold selected items, but not ALL the
items. The simple <b>BOLD</b> doesn't cut it. There is another
simple code that allows for this, highlighting, etc. Anyone know it?

Are you looking for <em>emphasized text</em> ?

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[Steve Pugh]

bo*@xta.com (Bob) wrote:

I've done this before, but can't find the simple code that allows
this.

I have a multiple item drop down created in a form with FrontPage
2002. I want to highlight or bold selected items, but not ALL the
items. The simple <b>BOLD</b> doesn't cut it. There is another
simple code that allows for this, highlighting, etc. Anyone know it?

In theory you would use some CSS, such as:
<option value="foo" style="font-weight: bold;">text</option>
or the equivalent using an external stylesheet and a class or id
selector.

However, it only works in Gecko.

Both IE and Gecko will support changing the color and background-color
of the text of individual options. Opera doesn't seem to support
styling individual options at all.

The only HTML method to emphasise a particular option is to change the
text itself. e.g.:
<option value="foo">TEXT</option>
or
<option value="foo">** text **</option>
or
<option value="foo">This option is important</option>

If this emphasis is critical for whatever reason then this very last
option is the only practical alternative when you take speech browsers
and the like into account.

Steve

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[Els]

Steve Pugh wrote:

Els <el*********@tiscali.nl> wrote:

Bob wrote:

I have a multiple item drop down created in a form with FrontPage
2002. I want to highlight or bold selected items, but not ALL the
items. The simple <b>BOLD</b> doesn't cut it. There is another
simple code that allows for this, highlighting, etc. Anyone know it?

Are you looking for <em>emphasized text</em> ?

<option><em>text</em></option>
isn't valid is it?

Rethorical? ;-)

Sorry, I'm not too familiar with forms, and it didn't cross
my mind that it would be inside an <option> element.(yep,
call me stupid)
Suppose <option> isn't a block level element?

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Els

Sonhos vem. Sonhos vão. O resto é imperfeito.
- Renato Russo -

[Jukka K. Korpela]

bo*@xta.com (Bob) wrote:

I have a multiple item drop down created in a form with FrontPage
2002.
Irrespectively of the method used to create the element, <select
multiple> does not work well. Most users are not familiar with the way it
works.
I want to highlight or bold selected items, but not ALL the
items.

Well, highlighting _all_ would be rather pointless, wouldn't it?

The short answer is that there is no way in HTML to emphasize an <option>
in a <select> element (except in the sense of making it pre-selected,
which might be seen as some kind of emphasis).

But as soon as you switch to a set of checkboxes, the problem vanishes in
a puff of logic: you can use
<div><input type="checkbox" id="foo42" name="foo" value="42">
<label for="foo42"><strong>special offer of today: 42
foos</strong><label></div>

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[Jay]

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I've done this before, but can't find the simple code that allows
this.

I have a multiple item drop down created in a form with FrontPage
2002. I want to highlight or bold selected items, but not ALL the
items. The simple <b>BOLD</b> doesn't cut it. There is another
simple code that allows for this, highlighting, etc. Anyone know it?

<select>
<option>Yes</option>
<option style="background-color: yellow">No</option>
<option>Maybe So</option>
</select>

I only tested with IE.

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some see the glass as half-full.
I see the glass as too big." - George Carlin

- J

[Bob]

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"Bob" <bo*@xta.com> wrote in message
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I've done this before, but can't find the simple code that allows
this.

I have a multiple item drop down created in a form with FrontPage
2002. I want to highlight or bold selected items, but not ALL the
items. The simple <b>BOLD</b> doesn't cut it. There is another
simple code that allows for this, highlighting, etc. Anyone know it?

<select>
<option>Yes</option>
<option style="background-color: yellow">No</option>
<option>Maybe So</option>
</select>

I only tested with IE.

This worked well and is the code. What if I don't want the highlight
as you show, but BOLD text instead?

[Neal]

On 4 Apr 2004 20:22:31 -0700, Bob <bo*@xta.com> wrote:

"Jay" <je******@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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<select>
<option>Yes</option>
<option style="background-color: yellow">No</option>
<option>Maybe So</option>
</select>

I only tested with IE.

This worked well and is the code. What if I don't want the highlight
as you show, but BOLD text instead?

Change the declaration from "background-color: yellow" to "font-weight:
bold".

But I'd advise against it. It will shift everything on the page and will
look really amateurish.