Display CSS in Drop Down

[scott]

I'm trying to display a small "color square" to the left of each combo box
choice. I know I can make each choice have a different background color, but
is it possible to display a background image for each row? In my code below,
I'm trying to display img_color1.gif which is a 5 pixel wide by 10 pixel
high transparent gif with a small color square on the background of a
choice.

My end goal is to have an Outlook looking combo box like the "LABEL" option
on outlook 2003's calendar event.

<style>
.cboColor1 {
background: url('http://www.mileslumber.net/images/img_color1.gif')
no-repeat;
}
.cboColor2 {
background: url(http://www.mileslumber.net/images/img_color1.gif) right
top
}
.cboColor3 {
list-style-type: disc; color:#3A3E59
}
</style>

' HTML Combo below

<select size="1" name="cboColors">
<option value="1">Choice 1</option>
<option value="2" style="background-color:blue; color:white">Choice
2</option>
<option value="3" class="cboColor1">Choice 3</option>
<option value="4" class="cboColor2">Choice 4</option>
<option value="5" style="background:
url('http://www.myweb.com/images/img_color1.gif') no-repeat;
color:white">Choice 5</option>
<option value="6" class="cboColor3">Choice 6</option>

[Adrienne]

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "scott" <sb*****@mileslumber.com>
writing in news:#g**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:

I'm trying to display a small "color square" to the left of each combo
box choice. I know I can make each choice have a different background
color, but is it possible to display a background image for each row?

No. Color is possible for some browsers, but a background image is not.
Nesting an img element in the option element is not will not work either.
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[Dave Anderson]

Adrienne wrote:

I'm trying to display a small "color square" to the left of each
combo box choice. I know I can make each choice have a different
background color, but is it possible to display a background image
for each row?

No. Color is possible for some browsers, but a background image is
not. Nesting an img element in the option element is not will not
work either.

I'm not sure I agree. YOUR FAVORITE browser may not support it. But if the
browser offers full CSS2 support, a background image should be allowed on
option elements:

'background-image'
Value: <uri> | none | inherit
Initial: none
===> Applies to: all elements
Inherited: no
Percentages: N/A
Media: visual
Computed value: absolute URI

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/colors.ht...ckground-image
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[Adrienne]

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Dave Anderson"
<GT**********@spammotel.com> writing in
news:#x*************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl:

Adrienne wrote:

I'm trying to display a small "color square" to the left of each
combo box choice. I know I can make each choice have a different
background color, but is it possible to display a background image
for each row?

No. Color is possible for some browsers, but a background image is
not. Nesting an img element in the option element is not will not work
either.

I'm not sure I agree. YOUR FAVORITE browser may not support it. But if
the browser offers full CSS2 support, a background image should be
allowed on option elements:

'background-image'
Value: <uri> | none | inherit
Initial: none
===> Applies to: all elements
Inherited: no
Percentages: N/A
Media: visual
Computed value: absolute URI

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/colors.ht...ckground-image

My favorite browsers are Opera 8 and Firefox 1.0, which both support CSS2
(IIRC FF supports some CSS3), but I could not get a background image to
show in either of those browsers, nor IE. I would imagine the browsers do
not support it perhaps because of having to draw the images and the height
of the option element. What would a browser do with an image that was
100px high? Cut if off, expand the option element's height? With color,
there is nothing to draw, really.

--
Adrienne Boswell
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
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[Dave Anderson]

Adrienne wrote:

But if the browser offers full CSS2 support, a background image
should be allowed on option elements:
My favorite browsers are Opera 8 and Firefox 1.0, which both support
CSS2 (IIRC FF supports some CSS3), but I could not get a background
image to show in either of those browsers, nor IE.

I don't think anyone makes the claim that Firefox has FULL CSS2 support.
Opera claims "In compliance with W3C standards," but does make specific
conformance claims. Perhaps Opera distinguishes between W3C Recommendations
and Specifications...

What would a browser do with an image that was 100px high? Cut
if off, expand the option element's height? With color, there
is nothing to draw, really.

The default display behavior would be in effect. What does the browser do
for any other element with a background image? Put another way, why do you
suppose there are style attributes background-repeat and
background-position?
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Dave Anderson

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[scott]

i tried every way, no dice on drop-down.
"Dave Anderson" <GT**********@spammotel.com> wrote in message
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Adrienne wrote:

But if the browser offers full CSS2 support, a background image
should be allowed on option elements:

My favorite browsers are Opera 8 and Firefox 1.0, which both support
CSS2 (IIRC FF supports some CSS3), but I could not get a background
image to show in either of those browsers, nor IE.

I don't think anyone makes the claim that Firefox has FULL CSS2 support.
Opera claims "In compliance with W3C standards," but does make specific
conformance claims. Perhaps Opera distinguishes between W3C
Recommendations and Specifications...

What would a browser do with an image that was 100px high? Cut
if off, expand the option element's height? With color, there
is nothing to draw, really.

The default display behavior would be in effect. What does the browser do
for any other element with a background image? Put another way, why do you
suppose there are style attributes background-repeat and
background-position?
--
Dave Anderson

Unsolicited commercial email will be read at a cost of $500 per message.
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contact me directly or ask me to contact you directly for assistance. If
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