The text inside of an <option> tag is 'pure-text', in other words, what
you type there will be what you get.
2 things..
1. To escape the # sign so that you can use it in your HTML, just
type it twice. ## Coldfusion will see this and replace it with 1 #
for the html to see.
2. Use styles. eg. <option style="color:##990000;"></option> This
should control the color of the text between the option tags.
Personally, I would not use a closely defined color. I would use
<option class="classclosed"></option>
and then define classclosed in the stylesheet as
..classclosed {color:#990000}
This will allow me to reuse the code for the drop down on several
pages and only update the look and feel in 1 place. For example. If
my client decides they want it to be 50% gray and italics, my change
would be:
..classclosed {color:#666666;font-style:italic;}
Thus causing a site-wide change to the user interface with 1 code
change instead of a 'search/replace' sitewide.
Hope this helps,
William
-----Original Message----
-I have a drop down menu being created from a query:
-
- <cfselect name="class" size="1">
- <option value="" selected="selected"></option>
- <cfoutput query="qGetClasses">
- <option value="#qGetClasses.primaryKey#">#qGetClasses.
sectionTitle# #DateFormat(qGetClasses.
startingDate, "mm/dd/yyyy")# - #DateFormat(qGetClasses.endingDate,
"mm/dd/yyyy")#</option>
- </cfoutput>
- </cfselect>
-
-What I would like to do is be able to change to color of the text
based on specific criteria, as in if the class is no accepting
students. I would do this through an CFIF clause (not created yet). I
want to prove that the formatting can be accomplished before I go to
the next step of creating the CFIF clause.
-
-Problem. I was hoping it could be as simple as adding tags around
the option seen below:
-
-<option value="#qGetClasses.primaryKey#"><font color="#FF0000"
>#qGetClasses.sectionTitle# #DateFormat
(qGetClasses.startingDate, "mm/dd/yyyy")# - #DateFormat(qGetClasses.
endingDate, "mm/dd/yyyy")#</font></option>
-
-However, coldfusion complains because of the # sign in <font color="
#FF0000">. A Simple Bold tag could suit my needs too but <b> or
<strong> tags seem to have no effect either.
-
-Is it even possible to format text inside a drop down menu?
-
-As always, thanks in advance!
-
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William E. Seiter
http://william.seiter.com
Web Developer
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