form - textarea element - dynamic content - color control 2

[buddyholly]

I need to change the color of the textarea element - which I populate dynamically via coldfusion. Not a problem if the menu items are static, but cant get if for dynamic situaion. Tried css stylesheet

TEXTAREA {

background-color:blue;
}

but that does not work.

Heres the code around the textarea element

<form name=&quot;form4&quot; method=&quot;post&quot; action=&quot;artistName2_action.cfm&quot;>
<select name=&quot;nom&quot; class=&quot;MENU&quot; size=&quot;10&quot; id=&quot;nom&quot;>
<!--- <option value=&quot;&quot;></option> --->
<cfoutput query=&quot;Recordset1&quot;>
<option value=&quot;#Recordset1.nom#&quot;>#Recordset1.nom# (#Recordset1.prenon#)</option>
</cfoutput>
</select>
<br>
<input type=&quot;submit&quot; name=&quot;Submit4&quot; value=&quot;Recherchez par Nom&quot;>
</form>

many tks for any help

 

[buddyholly]

Just figured this out so I'll answer my own question - maybe useful to someone

trick it to change the above code as follows - ie insert the STYLE=&quot;background:BEB3A7&quot; code into the <option> element - where BEB3A7 is the color needed. Note, does not work with #in front of color code

<cfoutput query=&quot;Recordset1&quot;>
<option STYLE=&quot;background:BEB3A7&quot; value=&quot;#Recordset1.nom#&quot;>#Recordset1.nom# (#Recordset1.prenon#)</option>
</cfoutput>

 

[ecobb]

Just to clarify, you're not dealing with a TEXTAREA here, you're using select box options.

So this:

TEXTAREA {

background-color:blue;
}

isn't going to work because the TEXTAREA that is referenced does not exist in your form.

This is what you need for the slect box:

select {
background : blue;
}


But since you're already using class=&quot;MENU&quot; in the select box, you would either need to add the background color to that class or create another one for the select box. Or, you could just add the style to the option tag, which is what you did.

Hope This Helps!

Ecobb

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[TruthInSatire]

You're using coldfusion so you need to escape the # with two # signs in the style, I don't think NS will see the color without a pound.

<cfoutput query=&quot;Recordset1&quot;>
<option STYLE=&quot;background:##BEB3A7&quot; value=&quot;#Recordset1.nom#&quot;>#Recordset1.nom# (#Recordset1.prenon#)</option>
</cfoutput>

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[buddyholly]

thanks bombboy - that works.