Textbox Background Color

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Jim McWhite

I changed the backgroup color of a textbox on a form using > properties >style > format > border > shading. This changed the background color of the text box (to yellow), and also changed the background color of various other text boxes, even other text boxes on other forms on other pages (same website). Now, if I create a new form the textboxes will be ok, until I rename them, then they will have the same backgound color as the textbox I original set the background color on (yellow). If I try and set the background color to "Automatic", or to any other color, when I load the page into IE, the color changes back to Yellow. When the page first loads, I can see the new color I have set, but then immediatley, the text box reverts to the yello color. BTW - I am not using CSS on any of these pages. I have looked at all the code, but can see nothing that is setting the textbox color.
 
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Jim Buyens

Please post the URL of this extremely strange page.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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-----Original Message-----
I changed the backgroup color of a textbox on a form
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using > properties >style > format > border > shading.
This changed the background color of the text box (to
yellow), and also changed the background color of various
other text boxes, even other text boxes on other forms on
other pages (same website). Now, if I create a new form
the textboxes will be ok, until I rename them, then they
will have the same backgound color as the textbox I
original set the background color on (yellow). If I try
and set the background color to "Automatic", or to any
other color, when I load the page into IE, the color
changes back to Yellow. When the page first loads, I can
see the new color I have set, but then immediatley, the
text box reverts to the yello color. BTW - I am not using
CSS on any of these pages. I have looked at all the code,
but can see nothing that is setting the textbox color.
 
J

Jim McWhite

Well the plot thickens. It turns out that the textboxes only have the colored background when I view the pages on the computer that I am editing the website on and using Frontpage 2000 on. Even though I am looking at the pages on an external server via the internet. If I look at the same pages using any other computer, the textboxes are ok. I have tried clearing out the cache and history, but the textboxes are still colored. This is not really a problem now, as they look fine to everyone else. I am guessing there is some kind of windows bug where some information is being cached or something. All very peculiar.
 
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Kevin Spencer

Usually these kinds of differences have more to do with the browser than
anything else. It may be a different browser, different version of browser,
different browser configuration, etc.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

Jim McWhite said:
Well the plot thickens. It turns out that the textboxes only have the
Click to expand...
colored background when I view the pages on the computer that I am editing
the website on and using Frontpage 2000 on. Even though I am looking at the
pages on an external server via the internet. If I look at the same pages
using any other computer, the textboxes are ok. I have tried clearing out
the cache and history, but the textboxes are still colored. This is not
really a problem now, as they look fine to everyone else. I am guessing
there is some kind of windows bug where some information is being cached or
something. All very peculiar.
 
R

Ronx

I remember from two or three months ago that a text field with yellow
background could be the result of using an addin (either a Google tactility
or from Yahoo) in internet explorer. My memory is failing, and I cannot
locate the original post.

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Ron

Reply only to group - all emails will be deleted unread.


Jim McWhite said:
I changed the backgroup color of a textbox on a form using > properties
style > format > border > shading. This changed the background color of
Click to expand...
the text box (to yellow), and also changed the background color of various
other text boxes, even other text boxes on other forms on other pages (same
website). Now, if I create a new form the textboxes will be ok, until I
rename them, then they will have the same backgound color as the textbox I
original set the background color on (yellow). If I try and set the
background color to "Automatic", or to any other color, when I load the page
into IE, the color changes back to Yellow. When the page first loads, I can
see the new color I have set, but then immediatley, the text box reverts to
the yello color. BTW - I am not using CSS on any of these pages. I have
looked at all the code, but can see nothing that is setting the textbox
color.
 
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Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FP]

It's the Google Toolbar AutoFill option:
http://toolbar.google.com/autofill_help.html

The AutoFill tab in Toolbar Options enables you to automatically complete
forms on the web. Enter your information and it's stored securely on your
own computer. When you see yellow-colored form fields on web pages, you can
choose to have Google complete the form for you with the information you've
entered.
 
R

Ronx

Thanks Kathleen, memory restored.

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Ron

Reply only to group - all emails will be deleted unread.
 
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Jim McWhite

OMG! It was the Google Toolbar! Thank you so much. This is quiet funny, considering the amount of time I spent trying to fix this problem. If only I had originally set the background color to a color other than the same yellow that Google uses, I might have made the connection. What were the chances of me picking the exact same color for my textboxes! Thanks all!
 
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Jack Brewster

If it helps, you're not the first person who has run into this. :)

--
Jack Brewster - Microsoft FrontPage MVP

Jim McWhite said:
OMG! It was the Google Toolbar! Thank you so much. This is quiet funny,
Click to expand...
considering the amount of time I spent trying to fix this problem. If only
I had originally set the background color to a color other than the same
yellow that Google uses, I might have made the connection. What were the
chances of me picking the exact same color for my textboxes! Thanks all!
 
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Kevin Spencer

....which is why, as a developer, I tend not to install such add-ins.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.
 
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Kevin Spencer

Oh, don't get me wrong, Jack. Google is my favorite starting point! but I
don't add things to my browser or OS to customize it. Makes debugging a
little easier/faster. Still, I know plenty of developers like you, who have
it installed on their machines!

--
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.
 

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