Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.
The -moz-appearance
CSS property is used in Gecko (Firefox) to display an element using a platform-native styling based on the operating system's theme.
This property is frequently used in XUL stylesheets to design custom widgets with platform-appropriate styling. It is also used in the XBL implementations of the widgets that ship with the Mozilla platform.
Do not use this property on Web sites: not only is it non-standard, but its behavior changes from one browser to another. Even the keyword none
does not have the same behavior on each form element across different browsers, and some do not support it at all.
Initial value | none (but this value is overriden in the user agent CSS) |
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Applies to | all elements |
Inherited | no |
Media | visual |
Computed value | as specified |
Animation type | discrete |
Canonical order | the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar |
Syntax
/* Partial list of available values in Gecko */ -moz-appearance: none; -moz-appearance: button; -moz-appearance: checkbox; -moz-appearance: scrollbarbutton-up; /* Partial list of available values in WebKit/Blink */ -webkit-appearance: none; -webkit-appearance: button; -webkit-appearance: checkbox; -webkit-appearance: scrollbarbutton-up;
Values
<appearance>
is one of the following keywords:
Value | Demo | Description |
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none |
No special styling is applied. This is the default. Note, however, bug 649849 and bug 605985. | |
button |
The element is drawn like a button. | |
button-arrow-down |
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button-arrow-next |
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button-arrow-previous |
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button-arrow-up |
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button-bevel |
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button-focus |
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caret |
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checkbox |
The element is drawn like a checkbox, including only the actual "checkbox" portion. | |
checkbox-container |
The element is drawn like a container for a checkbox, which may include a prelighting background effect under certain platforms. Normally it would contain a label and a checkbox. | |
checkbox-label |
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checkmenuitem |
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dualbutton |
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groupbox |
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listbox |
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listitem |
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menuarrow |
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menubar |
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menucheckbox |
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menuimage |
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menuitem |
The element is styled as menu item, item is highlighted when hovered. | |
menuitemtext |
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menulist |
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menulist-button |
The element is styled as a button that would indicate a menulist can be opened. | |
menulist-text |
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menulist-textfield |
The element is styled as the text field for a menulist. (Not implemented for the Windows platform) | |
menupopup |
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menuradio |
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menuseparator |
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meterbar |
New in Fx 16. | |
meterchunk |
New in Fx 16 | |
progressbar |
The element is styled like a progress bar. | |
progressbar-vertical |
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progresschunk |
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progresschunk-vertical |
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radio |
The element is drawn like a radio button, including only the actual "radio button" portion. | |
radio-container |
The element is drawn like a container for a radio button, which may include a prelighting background effect under certain platforms. Normally it would contain a label and a radio button. | |
radio-label |
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radiomenuitem |
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range | ||
range-thumb | ||
resizer |
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resizerpanel |
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scale-horizontal |
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scalethumbend |
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scalethumb-horizontal |
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scalethumbstart |
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scalethumbtick |
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scalethumb-vertical |
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scale-vertical |
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scrollbarbutton-down |
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scrollbarbutton-left |
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scrollbarbutton-right |
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scrollbarbutton-up |
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scrollbarthumb-horizontal |
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scrollbarthumb-vertical |
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scrollbartrack-horizontal |
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scrollbartrack-vertical |
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searchfield |
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separator |
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sheet |
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spinner |
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spinner-downbutton |
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spinner-textfield |
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spinner-upbutton |
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splitter |
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statusbar |
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statusbarpanel |
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tab |
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tabpanel |
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tabpanels |
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tab-scroll-arrow-back |
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tab-scroll-arrow-forward |
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textfield |
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textfield-multiline |
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toolbar |
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toolbarbutton |
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toolbarbutton-dropdown |
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toolbargripper |
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toolbox |
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tooltip |
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treeheader |
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treeheadercell |
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treeheadersortarrow |
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treeitem |
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treeline |
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treetwisty |
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treetwistyopen |
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treeview |
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-moz-win-borderless-glass |
Windows Vista and later only. This style applies the Aero Glass effect -- but without a border -- to the element. | |
-moz-win-browsertabbar-toolbox |
Windows Vista and later only. This toolbox style is meant to be used for the tab bar in a browser. | |
-moz-win-communicationstext |
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-moz-win-communications-toolbox |
Windows Vista and later only. This toolbox style is meant to be used in communications and productivity applications. Corresponding foreground color is -moz-win-communicationstext . |
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-moz-win-exclude-glass |
Windows Vista and later only. This styles is used to exclude the Aero Glass effect on the element. | |
-moz-win-glass |
Windows Vista and later only. This style applies the Aero Glass effect to the element. | |
-moz-win-mediatext |
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-moz-win-media-toolbox |
Windows Vista and later only. This toolbox style is meant to be used in applications that manage media objects. Corresponding foreground color is -moz-win-mediatext . |
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-moz-window-button-box |
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-moz-window-button-box-maximized |
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-moz-window-button-close |
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-moz-window-button-maximize |
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-moz-window-button-minimize |
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-moz-window-button-restore |
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-moz-window-frame-bottom |
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-moz-window-frame-left |
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-moz-window-frame-right |
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-moz-window-titlebar |
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-moz-window-titlebar-maximized |
Formal syntax
none | button | button-arrow-down | button-arrow-next | button-arrow-previous | button-arrow-up | button-bevel | button-focus | caret | checkbox | checkbox-container | checkbox-label | checkmenuitem | dualbutton | groupbox | listbox | listitem | menuarrow | menubar | menucheckbox | menuimage | menuitem | menuitemtext | menulist | menulist-button | menulist-text | menulist-textfield | menupopup | menuradio | menuseparator | meterbar | meterchunk | progressbar | progressbar-vertical | progresschunk | progresschunk-vertical | radio | radio-container | radio-label | radiomenuitem | range | range-thumb | resizer | resizerpanel | scale-horizontal | scalethumbend | scalethumb-horizontal | scalethumbstart | scalethumbtick | scalethumb-vertical | scale-vertical | scrollbarbutton-down | scrollbarbutton-left | scrollbarbutton-right | scrollbarbutton-up | scrollbarthumb-horizontal | scrollbarthumb-vertical | scrollbartrack-horizontal | scrollbartrack-vertical | searchfield | separator | sheet | spinner | spinner-downbutton | spinner-textfield | spinner-upbutton | splitter | statusbar | statusbarpanel | tab | tabpanel | tabpanels | tab-scroll-arrow-back | tab-scroll-arrow-forward | textfield | textfield-multiline | toolbar | toolbarbutton | toolbarbutton-dropdown | toolbargripper | toolbox | tooltip | treeheader | treeheadercell | treeheadersortarrow | treeitem | treeline | treetwisty | treetwistyopen | treeview | -moz-mac-unified-toolbar | -moz-win-borderless-glass | -moz-win-browsertabbar-toolbox | -moz-win-communicationstext | -moz-win-communications-toolbox | -moz-win-exclude-glass | -moz-win-glass | -moz-win-mediatext | -moz-win-media-toolbox | -moz-window-button-box | -moz-window-button-box-maximized | -moz-window-button-close | -moz-window-button-maximize | -moz-window-button-minimize | -moz-window-button-restore | -moz-window-frame-bottom | -moz-window-frame-left | -moz-window-frame-right | -moz-window-titlebar | -moz-window-titlebar-maximized
Examples
.exampleone { -moz-appearance: toolbarbutton; }
Specifications
The appearance
property is currently not present in any newer CSS specification.
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 1.0 | 1.0 (1.7 or earlier)-moz[1] | No support | ? | 3.0-webkit |
Feature | Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Phone | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
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Basic support | ? | 1.0 (1.0) | 11.0-webkit[2] | ? | ? |
[1] Not fully supported.
[2] Only the none
, button
, and textfield
values are supported. See the documentation on MSDN.
See also
- Definition of
appearance
in CSS 3 Basic User Interface (Candidate Recommendation from 2004-05-11), outdated (Theappearance
property has been dropped in newer versions of this specification.) - Dropped CSS3 features from the UI spec.