CSS - Determining Background Color From A Class

Hi,

I am trying to apply a background color to an item other than the body but I cannot make it display in IE 6 or 5.5. I have tried applying it to both <div>'s and <p>'s. Does IE not support the background-color property outside of the page background?

Hey Guys!

I'm going absolutely bonkers trying to find out how to change the color of the background of a certain element on my site. I installed Vanilla forums on my site and am trying to customize the css script.

If you look at the page, you will see an annoying white in the body. I am trying to make the background of that #F6F6F2. Could you guys possibly put me in the right direction?

Thanks!

Here is a link to my page:
shipswatchdotcom/forum/vanilla/aaa.html

Here is the css script:
Code:

#Body {
	margin: 0;
	width: 99.9%;
	position: relative;
	background: #F6F6F2;

}
#Head {
	background: #B8D4B8;
	padding:0;
	margin: 20px 20px 0;
	text-align: left;
	position: relative;
}
div.Popup h1,
div.Popup h2,
div.Connect h1,
div.Connect h2 {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #3b5998;
}
.Banner {
	padding: 10px;
	text-align: left;
	position: relative;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
.Banner ul {
	background: #B8D4B8;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}
.Banner ul li {
	display: inline;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}
.Banner ul li a {
	font-weight: bold;
	padding: 3px 6px;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #336633;
	display: inline-block;
}
.Banner ul li a:hover {
	background: #E5F0E5;
}
.Banner ul li a.SignOut {
	font-weight: normal;
	position: absolute;
	top: 10px;
	right: 10px;
}
.Banner ul li a span {
	border-radius: 3px;
	-moz-border-radius: 3px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
	padding: 1px 2px 0 1px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border-right: 1px solid #F6F6F2;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #F6F6F2;
	color: #F6F6F2;
	font-size: 9px;
	position: relative;
	top: -3px;
}
#Content {
	float: none;
	width: auto;
	margin: 0 280px 0 10px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#Panel {
	float: right;
	margin-right: 10px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#Panel div.SearchBox input.InputBox {
	width: 200px;
	margin-right: 4px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
div.SearchBox {
	margin-bottom: 6px;
}
body.Profile div.SearchBox {
	display: none;
}
body.Profile #Content {
	float:none;
	width: auto;
	margin: 0 10px 0 280px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
body.Profile #Panel {
	margin: 0 0 0 10px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
form.Activity textarea {
	width:99%;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#Foot div {
	width: auto;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
body.Post #Content {
	width: auto;
	margin:0 20px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#ConversationForm textarea.MultiComplete,
#ConversationForm .TextBox,
#MessageForm textarea,
div.Comment div.CommentForm,
div.Comment div.CommentForm textarea,
div.CommentForm textarea,
#DiscussionForm input.InputBox,
#DiscussionForm textarea {
	width:99%;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#ConversationForm form {
	border: none;
}
div.Preview div.Message,
ul.MessageList div.Message {
	clear: none;
}
#DiscussionForm form {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
}
div.MessageForm,
div.Tabs {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
}

/* Tabs */
div.Tabs {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	padding: 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;
}
div.Tabs ul {
	padding: 0 8px;
	white-space: nowrap;
}
div.MessageForm {
	padding: 8px 8px 5px;
}
div.MessageForm div.Tabs {
	padding: 0 8px;
}
div.Tabs li a,
div.Tabs li a:link,
div.Tabs li a:hover,
div.Tabs li a:active,
div.Tabs li a:visited {
	font-size: 11px;
   margin: 0;
   border: none;
   border-radius: 0;
   -moz-border-radius: 0;
   -webkit-border-radius: 0;
   background: #F6F6F2;
   color: #336633;
   text-decoration: none;
   padding: 8px 10px;
	line-height: 11px;
}
div.Tabs li a:hover {
   text-decoration: underline;
}
a.Active,
div.Tabs li.Active a {
   background: #F6F6F2;
   color: #336633;
   margin: 0;
   border: 1px solid #aaa;
	border-bottom: none;
   border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
   -moz-border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
   -webkit-border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
   display: inline-block;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 12px;
   font-weight: bold;
   text-decoration: none;
   padding: 6px 10px;
	position: relative;
	top: 1px;
}
div.Tabs li a span {
   line-height: 1;
   font-size: 80%;
   padding: 0 3px;
   border-radius: 3px;
   -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
   -moz-border-radius: 3px;
   font-weight: normal;
	background: #F6F6F2;
   color: #4A7023;
   margin: 0 0 0 4px;
}
div.DiscussionsTabs div.SubTab {
	font-size: 11px;
	border-radius: 0;
	-moz-border-radius: 0;
	-webkit-border-radius: 0;
	border-top: 1px solid #aaa;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	margin:0;
	padding:4px 8px;
}
div.HeadingTabs ul {
	margin: 8px 0 0;
}
body.Discussion a.Bookmark {
	margin: 6px 2px;
}
div.Preview {
	border: 1px solid #aaa;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	margin:0 0 8px;
	padding: 8px;
}
.Foot {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: none;
}
div.MorePager a,
div.MorePager a:link,
div.MorePager a:visited,
div.MorePager a:active,
div.MorePager a:hover {
	border-radius: 0;
	-moz-border-radius: 0;
	-webkit-border-radius: 0;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: none;
	color: #4A7023;
	line-height: 1;
	padding: 0;
	text-decoration: none;	
}
div.MorePager a:hover {
	color: #4A7023;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
body.add #Content {
	margin: 0 10px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}

/* Panel Boxes */
#Panel div.Box {
	border-radius: 0;
	-moz-border-radius: 0;
	-webkit-border-radius: 0;
	box-shadow: none;
	-moz-box-shadow: none;
	-webkit-box-shadow: none;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	padding: 0;
}
div.Box h4 {
	color: #4A7023;
}
ul.PanelActivity,
ul.PanelInfo {
	border-top:1px solid #ccc;
}
ul.PanelActivity li,
ul.PanelInfo li,
ul.PanelInfo li.Active {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
}
ul.PanelInfo li.Active {
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#Status {
	border-radius: 2px;
	-moz-border-radius: 2px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 2px;
	background: #eee;
	color: #000;
	line-height: 1.6;
	padding: 3px 6px;
	margin: 0 0 8px;
}
body.Profile ul.PanelInfo {
	border: #F6F6F2;
}
body.Profile ul.PanelInfo li {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
body.Profile ul.PanelInfo li a {
	font-size: 12px;
	display: block;
	padding: 0 6px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
body.Profile ul.PanelInfo li a:hover {
	background: #F6F6F2;
}

/* Sign In Page */
body.Entry #Content {
	text-align: center;
	margin: 0 auto !important;
}
body.Entry #Content div.Box {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: 0;
}
div.Methods {
	border-left: 1px solid #ccc;
}

/* Messages */
div.DismissMessage {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	padding:6px 8px;
	border-radius: 3px;
	-moz-border-radius: 3px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
}
div.DismissMessage a.Dismiss:hover {
	color: #000;
}
div.Warning {
	background: #d00;
	border: 1px solid #b00;
	color: #F6F6F2;
	text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #444;
}
div.Warning a.Dismiss {
	color: #F6F6F2;
}
#Content div.Box {
	color: #000;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: 1px solid #F6F6F2;
}
body#dashboard_entrycontroller_signin div.Box {
	border: none;
}
/* Autocomplete */
.ac_results {
   border: 1px solid #d7d8da;
	color: #000;
   border-top: 0;
   background-color: #F6F6F2;
}
.ac_results li {
   border-bottom: 1px solid #d7d8da;
}
.ac_lastitem {
   border-bottom: 0 !important;
}
.ac_results strong {
   background: #F6F6F2;
}
.ac_over strong {
   background: #F6F6F2;
}
.ac_over {
   background: #3b5998;
   color: #fff;

}

I have this transparent png image and it looks great on a web page when you put a background color on it. the only transparent part is the border, the rest is white, so the bg color is really for border.

When you go to print it, however, printers dont normally show bg colors
Is there some way how I can force printing the the bg color when the user prints the page? (I know some times u can configure that on their printer but I don't want them to have to do anything. )

What is wrong with this? I can't seem to see any of the background colors in Firefox or Camino? I have tried setting the background color in the body, and by enlosing the rest of the elements within a containing "main" div... but neither seem to work. Any ideas?
What is wrong with this? I can't seem to see any of the background colors in Firefox or Camino? I have tried setting the background color in the body, and by enlosing the rest of the elements within a containing "main" div... but neither seem to work. Any ideas?

http://buffalonationsmuseum.ca

Right now the property is just "background" but I have tried...

background-color:

Take a look at the main menu on this site:
http://www.infund.net

Why doesn't the grey stretch across the entire table? Here's the code I have:

Code:

a.mainlevel:link, a.mainlevel:visited {
	width: 100%;
	background: url(../images/bluebug.png) no-repeat;
	font-family: Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	text-align: left;
	padding-left: 30px;
	background-color: #c2c2c2;
	margin-bottom: 1px;
	white-space: nowrap;
	text-align:left;
	}

a.mainlevel:hover, a.mainlevel:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
	background: url(../images/redbug.png) no-repeat;
	font-family: Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, serif;
	vertical-align: middle;
	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #8B1414;
	text-align: left;
	padding-left: 30px;
	background-color: #c2c2c2;
	width: 100%;
	white-space: nowrap;
	margin-bottom: 1px;
	text-align:left;
	}

Hello All. I'm working on an assignment for an introductory level html/css class. The assignment asks me to change the Window Background color to 666666. How do i do this? So far i've only be able to change background colors of element tags, which is not what i need. This was the Example give for this particular step.

Edit: i tried to link a picture for a visual. For some reason its blocked to new members.

Any help would be appreciated.

Hi,

I have a simple table

<table id="sometable">
<tr>
<td>
<a href="link1">link1</a>
<td>
<a href="link2">link2</a>
</table>

with a style sheet
table#sometable {width: 100%;}
table#sometable a:hover{background-color: #A9A9A9;}

What I want is on a hover the whole cell changes color, not just the link. How can I do this? Also should I be using a table in the first place?

Thanks

Colin

Hi,

My code validates apart from some Mozilla specific stuff at the bottom. Basically, in the socialbes-hover' part towards the end i have the background-color set to #F9F7ED which works fine in Firefox however in IE it always reverts back to the earlier code of a:hover {
color: #F9F7ED; background-color: #006E2E

and i cant seem to get it right whatever it try!

please help me its driving me mad arghh lol

thanks


Code:

.style1  a:active {
	color: #FFCC00;
	font-size: 8px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
.style1  a:link {
	color: #FFCC00;
	font-size: 8px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
.style1  a:visited {
	color: #FFCC00;
	font-size: 8px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
.style1  a:hover {
	color: #FFCC00;
	font-size: 8px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;	
	
}
a:link {
	color: #D15600; text-decoration:none
}
a:visited {
	color: #D15600; text-decoration:none
}
a:hover {
	color: #F9F7ED; background-color: #006E2E
}

	
.style1 {color: #D15600}
.style2 {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif}
.style4 {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: smaller; }
.style9 {color: #D15600; font-size: larger; }


/************Main Menu******************/

.menu  a:link {
	color: #36393D; text-decoration:none
}
.menu  a:visited {
	color: #36393D; text-decoration:none
}
.menu  a:hover {
	color: #D15600; background-color: #F9F7ED
}

/************Comments******************/

.comments :link {
	color: #D15600; text-decoration:none
}
.comments  :visited {
	color: #D15600; text-decoration:none; 
}
.comments  :hover {
	color: #36393D; background-color: #F9F7ED

/************Sociables******************/

}

.sociable-hovers {
	opacity: .4;
	-moz-opacity: .4;
	filter: alpha(opacity=40);
	background-color: #F9F7ED;
}	

.sociable-hovers:hover {
	opacity: 1;
	-moz-opacity: 1;
	filter: alpha(opacity=100);
	color: #36393D;
	background-color: #F9F7ED;
}

Hi there,

Is it possible to start a background-color a certain amount frm the top, like you can with background images?

I have a background image which uses rounded corners, but when I set the background-color, it overlaps the background image so you cannot see it anymore. What I want to do is to start the background color, say, 20px from the top.

Is that possible?

Howdy,

Okay, this is driving me nuts...i have the background-color set the same for the header and the footer, only the header is displaying darker than the footer. I've been going over it with a fine-toothed comb, but can't find the problem.

here's the site and here's the css;

Code:

/* Graphix Plus V 4.0 Styles */

h1 {
font-family:arial;
font-size:16px;
font-color:#006696;
font-weight:bold;
}

h2 {
font-family:arial;
font-size:14px;
font-color:#006696;
font-weight:bold;
}

body {
padding:0px;
margin-top:0px;
background-image:url(images/bground-pattern.gif);
background-color:#FFFFFF;
font-family:arial;
font-size:12px;
color:black;
text-decoration:none;
text-align:left;
border: 1px solid #E5E5E5;
}

.contentarea {
background-color:#FFFFFF;
padding:6px;
border: 1px solid #E5E5E5;
}

.flankers {
background-color:#C6C6C6;
padding:4px;
border: 1px solid #E5E5E5;
}

.header {
background-color:#006696;
padding:4px;
background-image:url(images/gp_v4_header.gif);
background-position:top left;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
}

a.mainnav:link {
font-family:arial;
font-size:12px;
color:black;
text-decoration:underline;
}

a.mainnav:visited {
font-family:arial;
font-size:12px;
color:black;
text-decoration:underline;
}

a.mainnav:hover {
font-family:arial;
font-size:12px;
color:#006696;
text-decoration:underline;
}

/* MAIN MENU LIST STYLE BEGINS - UL class = 'NAV'*/
ul#nav, ul#nav ul {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style: none;
    width: 100%;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #E5E5E5;
    background-image: url(http://www.graphixplus.com/images/no-pic.gif);
	background-color:#C6C6C6;
    }
	
ul#nav li {
    position: relative;
    }

li ul {
    position: absolute;
    left: 99%;
    top: 0;
    display: none;
	background-color: #006696;
    }

ul#nav li a:hover {
	display: block;
	text-decoration:none;
	color:#E5E5E5;
	background-color:#006696;
}
    
ul#nav li a {
    display: block;
    font-family:arial;
	font-size:11px;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #006696;
    padding: 1px;
    border: 1px solid #E5E5E5;
    border-bottom: 0;
    }
	
/* Fix IE. Hide from IE Mac \*/
* html ul#nav li { float: left; height: 1%; }
* html ul#nav li a { height: 1%; }
/* End */

ul#nav li:hover ul, ul#nav li.over ul { 
    display: block;
    }
/*MAIN MENU LIST STYLE ENDS */

/* FOOTER STYLES */
.footer {
padding:10px;
background-color:#006696;
font-family:arial;
font-size:10px;
color:#c6c6c6;
text-decoration:none;
border: 1px solid #E5E5E5;
}

a.footnav:link {
font-family:arial;
font-size:10px;
color:#c6c6c6;
text-decoration:underline;
}

a.footnav:visited {
font-family:arial;
font-size:10px;
color:#c6c6c6;
text-decoration:underline;
}

a.footnav:hover {
font-family:arial;
font-size:10px;
background-color:#E5E5E5;
color:#006696;
text-decoration:underline;
}
/* end of footer */

Any help is greatly appreciated!

With IE, the background of SELECT elements is not respecting the CSS file setting. But IE does respect the CSS for the INPUT element. Netscape 7.1 and Mozilla Firefox work correctly for SELECT and INPUT.

Here is a snippet from my stylesheet file:

SELECT
{
FONT-WEIGHT: normal;
BACKGROUND: beige;
COLOR: darkgreen
}
INPUT
{
FONT-WEIGHT: normal;
BACKGROUND: beige;
COLOR: darkgreen
}

I have tried #FFFFD8 and #F5F5DC as alternatives to the name "beige" for the SELECT entry. Result is always white. Yet my text boxes show properly as beige so I am confused about why that name is ignored for SELECT elements. Note that I can change the entry to something basic like BACKGROUND: yellow and that displays correctly (but I don't want yellow - I want beige - like the INPUT element).

These SELECT and INPUT elements are always in some table such as:
<td class=genericinputleft>Starting Date<select name=dd1 etc.

Could there be a cascading problem in IE ? Here is the CSS:

.genericinputLeft
{
FONT-WEIGHT: bold;
FONT-SIZE: x-small;
BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%;
COLOR: black;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial;
text-align: left;
vertical-align: top
}

I have tried commenting out the BACKGROUND entry from the class above but that does not seem to help. Thanks.

Can someone look at my site at http://www.personalhurricanecenter.....com/index.php? using Internet Explorer?

The problem is that on the initial load, the background of the main section (white in the middle) is fine, even though I had to drop the padding to 3em. You'll notice if you minimize and then maximize the window, resize it, or click on the "submit" button on the upper-right (which will redirect you back to this page) that the background turns blue. If you scroll down, then the lower portion is white. If you scroll back up, the background miraculously turns white again. But the section that remains visible during scrolling stays blue. Also, you can select the text in the blue and then deselect it and it'll be white! This does not occur in Netscape or Firefox.

Can someone tell me what in the world is the deal? I've spent a week getting this layout set so I can move on and it's holding me up. Thanks.

Tim

P.S. I have my background color set to blue in the body section of my css, and the main background color set to white. Those are the only bg color configurations (except for link options).

I want to display text when I hover over certain areas of an image, so I am using an image map, no href, and assigning the text using ALT=. As a result, the text shows up as a tooltip. It works great except that the background color in the tooltip box is a very dated yellow color that looks inconsistent with the rest of my page. Is there any way to change the background color?

(I am trying to avoid scripts because I've never used them and don't really have time to learn how, at this point)

Thanks, Beth

I have the following code, in the sidebar DIV in Firefox the background does not show up, it does in IE7. What have I done wrong?

CSS code:
Code:

#content {
	margin-left: 25px;
	background: #fff;
	width: 990px;
	padding: 15px 20px 20px 20px;
}

#blog {
	padding: 0;
	margin-right: 40px;
	background: #fff;
	width: 660px;
	color: #545454;
	float: left;
	padding-top: 5px !important;
}
#sidebar {
	width: 250px;
	padding: 8px;
	background: #ccc;
}

XHTML/HTML code:
Code:

 
<div id="content">
	
	<div id="blog">
    	 blah blah blah
	</div>
	
	<div id="sidebar">
		<h2>blah</h2>
		blah blah blah
	</div>
	
</div>

I've been looking it at for a while, and while it's probably something minor I'm just simple over looking, I can't figure it out.

Everything works, is in the correct place, except the grey background (#ccc) isn't showing up on the sidebar.

I have three "buttons" that are essentially <div> elements on a page made to look like a button. I would like to make the background color change for the button on the "hover" state, but for some reason the only part of the background that changes on the hover state is the area only behind the text.

Here's my code. I'd like the whole background area to change, anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Code:

.prioritycontainer {
width: auto;
float: left;
display: inline;
margin: 0px 0px;
padding: 10px 0px;
}

.prioritybutton {
float: left;
width: 150px;
height: auto;
display: inline;
margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;
padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px;
background-color: #978047;
border: solid 1px #CCBC77;
color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
}

.prioritybutton a:link {
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
}

.prioritybutton a:visited {
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
}

.prioritybutton a:hover {
color: #fff;
background-color: #A19058;
text-decoration: none;
}

.prioritybutton a:active {
color: #fff;
background-color: #A19058;
text-decoration: none;
}

Markup on .html page is as follows:

Code:

<div class="prioritycontainer">
<div class="prioritybutton"><a href="one.htm">One</a></div>
<div class="prioritybutton"><a href="two.htm">Two</a></div>
<div class="prioritybutton"><a href="three.htm">Three</a></div>
</div>

Any help would be very helpful.

Thanks,

Brian