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Le Var Range
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 18,011 PointsIs there a way to color the background panel of the select element that uses the option tag with it ?
I want to colour the background panel when i click on the the select button in my mark up.
6 Answers
Steven Parker
229,670 PointsWithout seeing your code I can only be generic, but you can probably just add a background-color property to your select element. For example:
select { background-color: yellow; }
Please post or share a link to your code if you need more specific assistance.
Le Var Range
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 18,011 Pointsno I am in the FEWD program to get a certification .. this is just one of the projects I am working on and I want to try to add that to my project , but I don't know how. I will post the css. and html
Le Var Range
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 18,011 Points``css
select[name^="stat"] { -webkit-appearance: none; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: rgb(114, 155, 130); border: none; border: 1px solid rgb(114, 155, 130); padding: 2px 15px; color: #fff; letter-spacing: .01em; font-size: 0.875rem; }
select[name^="stat"]:hover {
background-color: rgb(87,142, 140);
}
For the select button in my mark up.
Le Var Range
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 18,011 Points select[name^="stat"] {
-webkit-appearance: none;
margin-top: 20px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
background-color: rgb(114, 155, 130);
border: none;
border: 1px solid rgb(114, 155, 130);
padding: 2px 15px;
color: #fff;
letter-spacing: .01em;
font-size: 0.875rem;
}
select[name^="stat"]:hover {
background-color: rgb(87,142, 140);
}
```css
Le Var Range
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 18,011 Points<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/>
<title>THE CODE REVIEW</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/grey_Poupon.css"/>
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrap">
<header class="main-header">
<h1 class="title">The Code Review</h1>
<div class="main-head-info, clearfix" >
<h3 class="sub-title">Signup for our newsletter</h3>
<p>Get the latest news on how your code is doing in your inbox</p>
</div>
</header>
<div class="contains-1">
<h3 class="sub-title" id="con-info">Contact Information</h3>
<label for="fullname" class="lab">Full Name</label>
<input type="text" id="fullname" name="fullname" placeholder="absolutely" required="required"/>
<label for="email" class="lab" >Email Address</label>
<input type="text" id="email" name="email" placeholder="absolutely" required="required"/>
<label for="phone" class="lab">Phone</label>
<input type="text" id="phone" name="phone" placeholder="absolutely" required="required"/>
<fieldset id="mailfield">
<legend>Mailing Info</legend>
<label for="address" class="lab">Street Address</label>
<input type="text" id="address" name="address" placeholder="optional" required="required" class="data"/>
<label for="city" class="lab">City</label>
<input type="text" id="city" name="City" placeholder="optional" required="required" class="data"/>
<select name="states">
<option value="choose state">Choose State</option>
<option value="new york">New York</option>
<option value="new jersey">New Jersey</option>
</select>
<label for="zip" class="zip">Zip Code</label>
<input type="text" id="zip" name="zip" placeholder="optional" required="required"/>
</fieldset>
</div>
<div class="contains-2, clearfix">
<h3 class="sub-title" id="sub-2">Newsletter</h3>
<fieldset id="field-2">
<legend>Select the newsletters you would like to recieve</legend>
<label for="html" id="star" class="ch">HTML News</label>
<input type="checkbox" id="html" name="html"/>
<label for="css" class="ch">CSS News</label>
<input type="checkbox" id="css" name="css"/>
<label for="js" class="ch">Javascript News</label>
<input type="checkbox" id="js" name="js"/>
</fieldset>
<h5 class="check-ops">Newsletter format</h5>
<div id="buttons">
<label for="htmlrad">HTML</label>
<input type="radio" id="htmlrad" name="radio"/>
<label for="plainrad">Plain Text</label>
<input type="radio" id="plainrad" name="radio"/>
</div>
<div id="codeSnip">
<label for="code">Code Snippet</label>
<p id="codep">Enter a code snippet if you wish for it to be evaluated</p>
<textarea name="snippet" id="code" cols="45" rows="8"></textarea>
<input type="button" id="cancel" name="cancel" value="Cancel"/>
<input type="button" id="enter" name="enter" value="Enter"/>
</div>
</div>
<footer class="main-footer">
<p>Other topics you'd like to hear about</p>
<textarea name="user-con" id="user-con" cols="45" rows="8"></textarea>
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Sign Up"/>
<h5 class="copyright">© The Code Review</h5>
</footer>
</div>
</body>
</html>
```html
Le Var Range
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 18,011 Pointshere is a link to my gitHub instead ..... https://github.com/varlerang/online_Reg_4orm.git
Steven Parker
229,670 PointsSteven Parker
229,670 PointsIs this part of a workspace? If so, you can make a snapshot of your workspace and post the link to it here.