mark <ma**@localhost.net> wrote:
I'm having real trouble getting Safari to render a text field to the height
I specify, it just seems to ignore it completely.
You can not expect that form fields can be manipulated via CSS at all.
If the browser uses the controls of the operating system, then it is
likely that altering the appearance will fail in parts or even
completely. And if you know Apples "Aqua" appearance of MacOSX then you
can easily understand that most of the CSS properties can't be used to
alter most of the controls. The "Aqua" buttons don't have a simple
border, they don't have a simple background etc. Also the text input
fields of the operating system may have a certain font size (maybe
realted to a certain system setting) which can not be freely changed and
so giving a text field a certain height may not always work.
Though it is more likely to be able to modify simple text input fields,
you can't expect that it will work in all browsers and operating system.
Some browsers will draw all form controls completely themseves. In
theses cases it is likely that modifying them will work, but in general
this is not the case.
--
Alexander
