Setting Background-image for a Select Box

[RamananKalirajan]

Hi,
I am novice designer.. I am learning things by trial and error method. Can any one please suggest me is there any way to apply background-image for a select box.. Moreover if i apply my own border style for the select box its working fine in Mozilla but not in IE any suggestions...


Thanks Regards
Ramanan Kalirajan

[Dormilich]

does

select {
  background: url(...);
}

not work? (maybe you have to set the <option>s' background to transparent)

if your own border style is of the --moz... property group, it certainly won't work in IE.

[David Laakso]

Well you'll get far fewer trial and error answers by providing a clickable link to the page/ problem in your post. The reasons for anything going wrong coss-browser is about as long as my arm and then some...

Got a doctype?
Got a doctype and valid markup?
Got valid CSS?
Got a path to the image that is correct?
Got a corrupt image?
and more...

[RamananKalirajan]

Is there any way to change the select image (the small drop down image in the right corner) ?

[TheServant]

Not that I am aware of, unless you make your own drop down box function, which is way too much effort than I think it's worth. The advantage of leaving that little dropdown arrow is it's a universal icon of dropdown, and changing it will mean that users might not see it or recognise it.

[RamananKalirajan]

ok.. Thanks.. If need i will try out my own select box...