type=file control

[Ravi Shankar]

Hi
I would like to know how we can change the background color of the browse button for the INPUT type=file control.
Thanks in advance
Ravi

[Eric Pascarello]

I do not think it can be done from my knowledge of playing around with forms in the past.
Eric

[Bear Bibeault]

Eric is correct; it cannot be done. Which really really sucks because it makes it impossible to make the file control look like the rest of a web site design.
I have heard tell of someone putting the file contol in a hidden div and using other controls to emulate and control it through Javascript. I spent an afternoon a few months back trying to get something like this to work and was unsuccessful.
You might want to google around and see if you can find some info on this tactic.
hth,
bear