Drop Down Bar Color

**Fillmore** · 04-01-2006, 01:30 AM

Script: Combo Box Viewer
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...omboviewer.htm

What I want to do is to change the default color of blue for the highlight color of the menu item - can anybody supply me with the code to do so?

Thanx

**benslayton** · 04-01-2006, 05:09 AM

Yea In the CSS part Change The background-color to whatever you like:

Code:

Script: <style type="text/css">
.dropcontent{
width: 300px;
height: 140px;
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: #FFECC6;
display:block;
}
</style>

change it to:

Code:

<style type="text/css">
.dropcontent{
width: 300px;
height: 140px;
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: #0000FF;
display:block;
}
</style>

That should work if it doesn't let me know.

**Fillmore** · 04-01-2006, 05:09 PM

Thanks for your reply BenSlayton, unfortunately what you suggested

Change it to:

Code:
<style type="text/css">
.dropcontent{
width: 300px;
height: 140px;
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: #0000FF; <-- Changing this changes display box background
display:block;
}
</style>

changes the content box where the message/info appears. I want to change the highlight color of the drop-down menu items from the default blue to another color

Do you want to take another shot at this?

**benslayton** · 04-02-2006, 12:01 AM

Oh Ok! Let's See!

**jscheuer1** · 04-02-2006, 04:36 AM

I've looked into this before and found that blue is the color, period. I'd love to be proved wrong but, that is what all my searching and experience has told me. I imagine that if one were to design one's own select element from styled divisions and/or list elements (list elements are probably a bad idea) and/or a table using javascript for hiding and revealing absolutely positioned content held in a relatively positioned container (all that a select is after all), one could make it highlight in any color one wished. However, without great technique, it would be a total mess in non-javascript enabled browsers.