Make SELECTED in Select BOLD

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Is there any way of making the Initially Selected Text in a Select List
appear Bold but leave the rest of the text plain?

[Newsgroup_User]

No.

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"JED" <jed1@nomail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Is there any way of making the Initially Selected Text in a Select List
> appear Bold but leave the rest of the text plain?
>

[Newsgroup_User]

Thanks.

"Murray *ACE*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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> No.
>
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> "JED" <jed1@nomail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:ecrmde$ndk$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> Is there any way of making the Initially Selected Text in a Select List
>> appear Bold but leave the rest of the text plain?
>>
>
>

[Newsgroup_User]

Murray *ACE* wrote:
> No.

Yes. :)

The following style rule makes the initially selected item bold in
modern browsers (IE6 doesn't count as modern):

option[selected] {font-weight:bold;}

In Firefox at least, the font of the selected item is displayed at its
normal weight when the menu is closed, but bold when open. The style is
applied only to initially selected items; it doesn't change if another
item is selected subsequently.

Since this is the appdev forum, it's also likely that the OP is using a
server-side language. In that case, it's very easy to use a conditional
statement to apply a class to a menu item that contains the selected
attribute.

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[Newsgroup_User]

In other words, it's not reliable.

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"David Powers" <david@example.com> wrote in message
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> Murray *ACE* wrote:
>> No.
>
> Yes. :)
>
> The following style rule makes the initially selected item bold in modern
> browsers (IE6 doesn't count as modern):
>
> option[selected] {font-weight:bold;}
>
> In Firefox at least, the font of the selected item is displayed at its
> normal weight when the menu is closed, but bold when open. The style is
> applied only to initially selected items; it doesn't change if another
> item is selected subsequently.
>
> Since this is the appdev forum, it's also likely that the OP is using a
> server-side language. In that case, it's very easy to use a conditional
> statement to apply a class to a menu item that contains the selected
> attribute.
>
> --
> David Powers
> Adobe Community Expert
> Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
> http://foundationphp.com/

[Newsgroup_User]

Does this work in IE7?

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"David Powers" <david@example.com> wrote in message
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> Murray *ACE* wrote:
>> No.
>
> Yes. :)
>
> The following style rule makes the initially selected item bold in modern
> browsers (IE6 doesn't count as modern):
>
> option[selected] {font-weight:bold;}
>
> In Firefox at least, the font of the selected item is displayed at its
> normal weight when the menu is closed, but bold when open. The style is
> applied only to initially selected items; it doesn't change if another
> item is selected subsequently.
>
> Since this is the appdev forum, it's also likely that the OP is using a
> server-side language. In that case, it's very easy to use a conditional
> statement to apply a class to a menu item that contains the selected
> attribute.
>
> --
> David Powers
> Adobe Community Expert
> Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
> http://foundationphp.com/

[Newsgroup_User]

Murray *ACE* wrote:
> Does this work in IE7?

I don't know. You're the one with IE7.

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Murray *ACE* wrote:
> In other words, it's not reliable.

Using a server-side conditional to set a class value is very reliable.
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[Newsgroup_User]

Not my point....

The bold appearance is not reliable. And, it's not reliable in the most
widely used browser....

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"David Powers" <david@example.com> wrote in message
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> Murray *ACE* wrote:
>> In other words, it's not reliable.
>
> Using a server-side conditional to set a class value is very reliable.
> --
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> Adobe Community Expert
> Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
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[Newsgroup_User]

Murray *ACE* wrote:
> Not my point....
>
> The bold appearance is not reliable. And, it's not reliable in the most
> widely used browser....

There's no argument that using an attribute selector isn't supported by
IE6. Nor should there any argument about the reliability of a
server-side conditional statement to insert a normal class in the
initially selected item.

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