Changing the color of dropdown placeholder in form
Question
I'm making form with a drop down element. I want the placeholder text to be gray, just like in the 'text input' forms, and the answer to be black.
I managed to make the answers another color in the dropdown menu, but when you select it, it changes to the color of the placeholder.
The code I'm using;
<select class="remindmedropdown">
<option value="0" selected disabled>QUESTION</option>
<option value="1">Answer 1</option>
<option value="2">Answer 2</option>
<option value="3">Answer 3</option>
</select>
CSS:
.remindmedropdown {
width: 240px;
height: 40px;
background-color: #FFF;
padding: 10px;
margin-right: 30px;
outline-color:#A7D5E4;
color:#990000;
}
.remindmedropdown option { color: gray; }
Edit: jsfiddle http://jsfiddle.net/QkYC9/1/
2 answers
solution1
2 2013-05-02 23:24:26
add this script to your page:
<script type="text/javascript">
function changeColor(dropdownList){
if (dropdownList.value > 0) {
dropdownList.style.color = 'black';
}
}
</script>
Then, for any dropdown that you want to use it on, add a reference to the "changeColor" function like this:
<select class="remindmedropdown" onChange="changeColor(this)">
the script element should go between <head> and </head> in your document
solution2
0 ACCPTED 2013-05-02 22:30:19
Try this:
.remindmedropdown option:checked { color: gray; }
For dynamic change with javascript:
<select id="selection" class="remindmedropdown" onchange="colorSet()">
...
</select>
<script>
function colorSet(){
document.getElementById('selection').style.color="black";
}
</script>
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