onmouseover / out

[Destramic]

i have a problem...i want to9 be able to have my select box displayed and when the user goes through the options the background colour will change...ive made it possible with input and textarea but for some reason or other i cannot get it to work on select box..can anyone help please?


[code]
<select id="error_type" name="error_type" onmouseover="this.className='mouse_over';"  onmouseout="this.className='this.class';">
<optgroup label="Select Error Type">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="Broken Link" <?php echo $broken_link; ?>>Broken Link</option>
<option value="Spelling Mistake" <?php echo $spelling_mistake; ?>>Spelling Mistake</option>
<option value="Spam" <?php echo $spam; ?>>Spam</option>
<option value="Other" <?php echo $other; ?>>Other</option>
</optgroup>
[/code]
</select>

[fenway]

SELECTs are strange MFC controls, not sure if you can do this at all.

[Destramic]

there should be a way of changing the css class of a select box easily?

[fenway]

Yes, there should be, but I don't know if all browsers will allow you to style this control.

[Destramic]

anyone know how?

[fenway]

Have you tried setting the style directly?

[Destramic]

yes...could get it to work