Could one of you css gurus tell me the css syntax for addressing the arrows in a dropdown box? and the arrow's background?
thanks

For the standard shapes of the DHTML cursor (and some CSS sytax for setting the cursor shape), you can look here:
http://www.w3schools.com/css/tryit.asp?filename=trycss_cursor

Changing background of the cursor is not so easy. One of the way (at least available in IE 6) is to use the "nonstandard" cursor. The syntax:

style="cursor: url('../new_cursor.cur')"
You cannot use any "normal" graphic format like *.jpg, *.gif, *.png for the customized cursor. You have to use one of the "special cursor" formats: *.cur or *.ani.

You can also try to experiment with the standard shapes of the cursor, and another DHTML layer for changing the background. Something like the following example


<script type="text/javascript">
function popupMove(popup) {
var bkg = document.getElementById("cursorBackground");
popup.style.cursor = 'wait';
bkg.style.cursor = 'wait';
bkg.style.visibility = "";
bkg.style.background = "Red";
bkg.style.top = event.clientY - 8;
bkg.style.left = event.clientX - 8;
}
function popupOut(popup) {
popup.style.cursor = "normal";
document.getElementById("cursorBackground").style.visibility = "hidden";
}







Hope this helps
Grzegorz

This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Mabel>,

thanks grzegorz, for your very kind reply; but its not the cursor i'm seeking to change. its the arrow and arrowbg in the dropdown box.

Sorry, I did not read carefully.

Unfortunately, I do not think it is easy (if possible) to change the arrow color for the select tag (drop-down list). Below is the link to the discussion on the other forum:

http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum83/1100.htm

and citation (from another forum):
it is impossible to change the color of the arrow in a select box. this color is set by the "desktop theme" of your windows desktop.

I can think about replacing drop-down list with any scrolled iframe and the button, but it is a lot of work and it is rather doubtful if the effect is worth of the effort.

Regards
Grzegorz

thanks for the ref. you're so kind. I'll keep looking.
btw, that webmasterworld forum looks great. i joined.