Disabled

Ben C wrote:

On 2008-11-04, shapper <mdmoura (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
Hello,

I would like to change the look of disabled inputs of type text on my
web site.

Should I add a disabled css class to all these inputs or is it
possible to select them in my CSS Code ...
... not using an ID or a class ...

There's a :disabled pseudo-selector, but it's CSS 3. You could try and
it see if it works.

How does one declare the version of CSS one is using? I've searched all
over the the answer, and finally gave up.

Catherine

In article <gfr3in$cat$2 (AT) news (DOT) motzarella.org>,
pecan <pecan (AT) NOSPAMrouxville (DOT) info> wrote:

How does one declare the version of CSS one is using? I've searched all
over the the answer, and finally gave up.

If you did, it would probably fall on deaf ears.

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dorayme

On 2008-11-17, pecan <pecan (AT) NOSPAMrouxville (DOT) info> wrote:

Ben C wrote:
On 2008-11-04, shapper <mdmoura (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
Hello,

I would like to change the look of disabled inputs of type text on my
web site.

Should I add a disabled css class to all these inputs or is it
possible to select them in my CSS Code ...
... not using an ID or a class ...

There's a :disabled pseudo-selector, but it's CSS 3. You could try and
it see if it works.

How does one declare the version of CSS one is using? I've searched all
over the the answer, and finally gave up.

I don't think you can. You just use what you use and hope the browsers
support it.

These days 2.1 is the one all the browsers are aiming for (not 2,
although if you read the blurbs at the top you would think 2 was meant
to be more pukka). Certain things from CSS 3 (opacity for example) are
also widely supported.

pecan wrote:

How does one declare the version of CSS one is using?

For validation purposes, the W3C validator gives you a choice under "more options".

For browsers, you don't. Browsers render per their own capabilities, which you cannot control. If there are conflicting specs between different CSS versions, all you can do is test in the most used browsers, and decide what works best overall.

For example, the width property was required for floats in CSS 2.0, but is optional in 2.1. The only browser I know of that follows 2.0 in this case is Mac IE5, but that's a dead browser so who cares?

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Berg

pecan wrote:

Ben C wrote:
On 2008-11-04, shapper <mdmoura (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
Hello,

I would like to change the look of disabled inputs of type text on my
web site.

As I said else where in the thread, why would you want to change the
look of disabled input? From a usability standpoint to deviate from what
the user knows and recognizes as a *disabled* control would not be
helpful. Bad idea. Why confuse your users? It is like designer who
insist on using underline instead of bold to emphasize text whn
underlined text is a web convention than means a link!

Should I add a disabled css class to all these inputs or is it
possible to select them in my CSS Code ...
... not using an ID or a class ...

There's a :disabled pseudo-selector, but it's CSS 3. You could try and
it see if it works.

a 2.1 way is

input[disabled]

*no IE <=6 support.

How does one declare the version of CSS one is using? I've searched all
over the the answer, and finally gave up.

Because you cannot. Proper browser behavior is to ignore what it does
not support.

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Take care,

Jonathan
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LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

Bergamot wrote:

pecan wrote:

How does one declare the version of CSS one is using?

For validation purposes, the W3C validator gives you a choice under
"more options".

For browsers, you don't. Browsers render per their own capabilities,
which you cannot control. If there are conflicting specs between
different CSS versions, all you can do is test in the most used
browsers, and decide what works best overall.

For example, the width property was required for floats in CSS 2.0, but
is optional in 2.1. The only browser I know of that follows 2.0 in this
case is Mac IE5, but that's a dead browser so who cares?

Ahhh... it was when I was validating my css at some stage, that I was
trying to find out how to declare it. Next time I'll look for the "more
options".
Thanks.

C

In article <6od84iF3210kU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net>,
Bergamot <bergamot (AT) visi (DOT) com> wrote:

The only browser I know of that follows 2.0 in this case is Mac IE5, but
that's a dead browser so who cares?

Oy!

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dorayme