Is it possible to use a background image as a search box? If so, will
the search box outline still be there or can the image be the actual
box?
--CSS--
.searchbox{
background-image:url
(the_image_worthy_of_sacrificing_accessibility.jpg);
width:125px;
height:30px;
padding:2px 10px;
How is it sacrificing accessibility?
You have to think about the variety of users that might visit the
page. A user with images turned off would get an invisible input box.
Users that are new to the internet might not understand that your
custom image is an input box; they might expect to
Awesome - thanks fellas.
On Oct 12, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Pringle, Ron wrote:
How is it sacrificing accessibility?
Actually, if you provide borders for your input box as well as a
background
image, you can have an input (search) box that shows up whether the
images
are turned off or not.
Is it possible to use a background image as a search box? If so, will
the search box outline still be there or can the image be the actual
box?
--CSS--
.searchbox{
background-image:url(the_image_worthy_of_sacrificing_accessibility.jpg);
width:125px;
height:30px;
padding:2px 10px;
