List Field, the correct way please

[Raidersguy]

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Could someone please tell me the correct way to add a list field, in a standard html a list field would look something like:
<select name="whatever" size="2" id="whatever">
<option>first choice</option>
<option>Second choice</option>
<option>Third choice</option>
</select>
This works but you cant change the colour of background of the text box.
So I assume I have this wrong.
Any help please.

[Henrie]

Hello Raidersgue,

This is not the forum for that kind of questions.
For help on html and other web related languages i often use http://www.w3schools.com/

But here's my answer:

<form>
<select name="whatever" size="2" id="whatever">
<option value="1">first choice</option>
<option value="2">Second choice</option>
<option value="3">Third choice</option>
</select>
</form>

In words:
The select tag has to be inside a form.
The option tag has to be assigned a value.

For the background color use

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select {
   background-color:red;
}

Greetings,
Henrie

[Raidersguy]

Hi sorry but it is for the guestbook as I have added another field, my fault I know I didn’t say, I’ll try that, many thanks.