styling standard HTML controls to match widgets

[DaveC426913Member]

I’ve got a form with combobox widgets (multi-checkbox flavour), and right next to them I’ve got standard HTML SELECTs. My skin applies to widgets but does nothing to standard HTML controls, so they look like standard Windows grey controls.

This makes for an ugly user experience.

Is there a simple way of styling a SELECT so it looks like a widget? If I have a site with multiple forms, each with both types, I’m not going to want to add a bunch of code for each widget. Likewise, if the solution is to convert all my selects into combobox widgets, that seems kind of overkill.

I don’t suppose I can just add a ‘myWidgetSkin’ class to my SELECTs eh?

Actually, I guess I know the answer. I’ve got to replace the HTML SELECTs with jqListDropDownLists.

[Peter StoevKeymaster]

Hi DaveC426913,

You can replace your select elements with our widgets. See how: loadfromselect.htm.

Best Regards,
Peter Stoev

jQWidgets Team
http://www.jqwidgets.com

[DaveC426913Member]

Yeah. I’ve come to realize that. Thanks.

It’s essentially aesthetic progressive enhancement.

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