Its in the drop down for "more actions" in gmail tho you'd never be able to figure it out by viewing the source. I see it every day and I think I should use it more often.
More info here: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#h-17.6 http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_optgroup.asp DRE On 1/25/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > great to know! > > On 1/25/06, DRE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Randy, > > You can use the optgroup tag for modern browsers which gets you part of > what > > your looking for. > > DRE > > > > <style> > > optgroup { > > color:blue; > > font-style:normal; > > } > > option { > > color:black; > > } > > > > </style> > > <form>What is your preferred vacation spot?<br> > > <SELECT NAME="Vacation Spots"> > > <OPTGROUP LABEL="USA Beaches"> > > <OPTION LABEL="Florida">Florida</OPTION> > > <OPTION LABEL="Hawaii">Hawaii</OPTION> > > <OPTION LABEL="Jersey">Jersey Shore</OPTION> > > </optgroup> > > > > <OPTGROUP LABEL="European Cities"> > > <OPTION LABEL="Paris">Paris</OPTION> > > <OPTION LABEL="London">London</OPTION> > > <OPTION LABEL="Florence">Florence</OPTION> > > <OPTION LABEL="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</OPTION> > > </OPTGROUP> > > > > <OPTGROUP LABEL="Adventure Travel"> > > <OPTION LABEL="Amazon">Amazon Jungle</OPTION> > > <OPTION LABEL="Kenya">Kenyan Safari</OPTION> > > <OPTION LABEL="Outback">Australian Outback</OPTION> > > <OPTION LABEL="Galapagos">Galapagos Cruise</OPTION> > > </OPTGROUP> > > > > <OPTION>Other</OPTION> > > > > </SELECT> </form> > > > > On 1/25/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > as select boxes REALLY arent web things and are just windows things > > > moved into the browser window, they are kinda stubborn. > > > > > > tw > > > > > > On 1/25/06, Sandra Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You could always try to use a <dl> list and style the css so that it > > > brings > > > > the <dd> up to and to the right of the <dt>. Here's some code I > used to > > > > create a memo like form, you can play around that and also add > different > > > > foreground colors to the <dt> and <dd> > > > > > > > > dl{ > > > > margin-left: 5em; > > > > } > > > > dt{ > > > > font-weight: bold; > > > > } > > > > dd{ > > > > margin-top: -1.2em; > > > > margin-bottom: 1.5em; > > > > margin-left: 10em; > > > > width: 50%; > > > > } > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Adkins, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:05 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: Select Box (text color)? > > > > > > > > Yeah I really did not think so, but was trying anyway to see If I > was > > > > missing something. > > > > > > > > I think I tried this before and did not work. > > > > > > > > Besides placing the information in a GRID to get it to Be tabulated > for > > > > viewing, any other way you know to align > > > > 2 display items accordingly? > > > > > > > > Such as: > > > > > > > > Instead of it displaying: > > > > N100 - WV Test Job > > > > N5000 - JX Job Site > > > > > > > > It can read: > > > > N100 - WV Test Job > > > > N5000 - JX Job Site > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Sandra Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:02 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: Select Box (text color)? > > > > > > > > Nope, > > > > > > > > THe option tag does not allow other tags to be nested within it. > > > > Therefore, you can't selectively color some words and not others > within > > > it. > > > > > > > > Sandy Clark > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Adkins, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 12:52 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Select Box (text color)? > > > > > > > > In a Select box I am displaying 2 elements: > > > > JOBCODE - JOBNAME > > > > > > > > I want to be able to set the color for the JOBCODE to say #0066CC > and > > > the > > > > JOBNAME to #000000 > > > > > > > > I tried the following but does not work: > > > > <OPTION VALUE="#ID#"><SPAN STYLE="color:##000000">#JOBCODE#</SPAN> - > > > > #JOBNAME#</OPTION> > > > > > > > > If I set it on the OPTION tag as a STYLE, it will color the enter > > > contents > > > > of the Display value. > > > > > > > > Is this even possible? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194405 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
