Formatting form elements

I am working in DW CS3.
I want to format my form elements - so have added this to my
page:
<style type="text/css">
<!--
INPUT, TEXTAREA, SELECT, OPTION {
font-family: Georgia, "MS Serif", "New York", serif;
padding: 2px;
color: #000080;
background-color: #E0FFFF;
border: inset 1px #708090;
</style>
It works fine. But then I add a layer (in design view) - and
it stops working.
Can anyone figure out what's going on?
Thanks,
- Greg

Nope. Adding a layer would not be expected to have any effect
on this.
By the way -
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200701/styling_form_controls_with_css_revisited/
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message
news:fb6gal$qsu$[email protected]..
>I am working in DW CS3.
>
> I want to format my form elements - so have added this
to my page:
>
> <style type="text/css">
> <!--
> INPUT, TEXTAREA, SELECT, OPTION {
> font-family: Georgia, "MS Serif", "New York", serif;
> padding: 2px;
>
> color: #000080;
> background-color: #E0FFFF;
> border: inset 1px #708090;
> }
> </style>
>
> It works fine. But then I add a layer (in design view) -
and it stops
> working.
>
> Can anyone figure out what's going on?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Greg
>

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