I would like to change the color background in the text and input fields of a form, but when I do this it also affects the submit button! Could it be done in some other way that does not affect the button?
I have used this code:
input, textarea {
background-color: #d1d1d1;
}
input[type="text"], textarea {
background-color : #d1d1d1;
}
Edit: working example, http://jsfiddle.net/C5WxK/
input[type="text"] and textarea ?
input[type="text"] doesn't address textarea fields.
The best solution is the attribute selector in CSS (input[type="text"]) as the others suggested.
But if you have to support Internet Explorer 6, you cannot use it (QuirksMode). Well, only if you have to and also are willing to support it.
In this case your only option seems to be to define classes on input elements.
<input type="text" class="input-box" ... />
<input type="submit" class="button" ... />
...
and target them with a class selector:
input.input-box, textarea { background: cyan; }
You want to restrict to input fields that are of type text so use the selector input[type=text] rather than input (which will apply to all input fields (e.g. those of type submit as well)).
you can simply use the button tag with type="submit"
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
besides solving your problem, now you can put HTML inside it(icons for example), rather than using the value attribute to set the text.
If you need to insert a normal button inside a form, use type="button" to prevent it submitiing the form
border: none;rule to avoid default text input borders.