setting textarea font to match rest

[Chris Sharman]

I haven't specified fonts, leaving the user to have their chosen font.

However, different tags render in different default fonts: text, input,
& textarea all different from one another. I guess this is normal
behaviour, but it looks poor, and I don't want our website to look that
way (to out of the box browsers).

How would I set textarea's 'like' input, or how would I determine
(Javascript?) what's being used by an input field, to set the textarea
the same ? If it's got to be javascript, is there a way to set style for
all textareas together, rather than individual textareas ?

The difference between input boxes & text is bearable, if necessary, but
the textarea default font stands out too much.

Thanks,
Chris

[Els]

Chris Sharman wrote:

I haven't specified fonts, leaving the user to have their
chosen font.

However, different tags render in different default fonts:
text, input, & textarea all different from one another. I
guess this is normal behaviour, but it looks poor, and I
don't want our website to look that way (to out of the box
browsers).

How would I set textarea's 'like' input, or how would I
determine (Javascript?) what's being used by an input
field, to set the textarea the same ? If it's got to be
javascript, is there a way to set style for all textareas
together, rather than individual textareas ?

The difference between input boxes & text is bearable, if
necessary, but the textarea default font stands out too
much.

Didn't try this, but how about
body,input,textarea{
font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:100%;
}
?

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[Chris Sharman]

Els wrote:

Chris Sharman wrote:

However, different tags render in different default fonts:
text, input, & textarea all different from one another. I
guess this is normal behaviour, but it looks poor, and I
don't want our website to look that way (to out of the box
browsers).

How would I set textarea's 'like' input, or how would I
determine (Javascript?) what's being used by an input
field, to set the textarea the same ? If it's got to be
javascript, is there a way to set style for all textareas
together, rather than individual textareas ?

Didn't try this, but how about
body,input,textarea{
font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:100%;
}

Sorry - I wasn't clear - I don't want to overrule all users' font
choices - I want to leave body alone, and have textarea 'like' body, and
maybe input & select too.

Sort of textarea { font-family: inherit }
hmm - just tried that - answered my own question - sorry for wasting
everybody's time !!

Chris

[Els]

Chris Sharman wrote:

Els wrote:

Chris Sharman wrote:

However, different tags render in different default fonts:
text, input, & textarea all different from one another. I
guess this is normal behaviour, but it looks poor, and I
don't want our website to look that way (to out of the box
browsers).

How would I set textarea's 'like' input, or how would I
determine (Javascript?) what's being used by an input
field, to set the textarea the same ? If it's got to be
javascript, is there a way to set style for all textareas
together, rather than individual textareas ?
Didn't try this, but how about
body,input,textarea{
font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:100%;
}

Sorry - I wasn't clear -

Yes you were
I don't want to overrule all
users' font choices - I want to leave body alone, and have
textarea 'like' body, and maybe input & select too.
I did get that, just didn't think of a solution without having
to use at least a generic font... (don't know why I put the
Helvetica in :S)
Sort of textarea { font-family: inherit }
hmm - just tried that - answered my own question - sorry
for wasting everybody's time !!

Didn't waste it, you provided other people (like myself) with
a solution to future problems :-)

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[Chris Sharman]

Chris Sharman wrote:

Els wrote:

Chris Sharman wrote:

However, different tags render in different default fonts:
text, input, & textarea all different from one another. I
guess this is normal behaviour, but it looks poor, and I
don't want our website to look that way (to out of the box
browsers).
How would I set textarea's 'like' input, or how would I
determine (Javascript?) what's being used by an input
field, to set the textarea the same ? If it's got to be
javascript, is there a way to set style for all textareas
together, rather than individual textareas ?

Didn't try this, but how about body,input,textarea{
font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:100%;
}

Sorry - I wasn't clear - I don't want to overrule all users' font
choices - I want to leave body alone, and have textarea 'like' body, and
maybe input & select too.

Sort of textarea { font-family: inherit }
hmm - just tried that - answered my own question - sorry for wasting
everybody's time !!

Spoke too soon - doesn't work in IE. Fixes Mozilla though.

Chris