Revision 1100009 of appearance

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<p>The <code>appearance</code> CSS property indicates whether to&nbsp;display an element using platform-native styling based on the operating system's theme or not.</p>

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<h2 id="Syntax">Syntax</h2>

<pre class="brush: css">
appearance: auto;
appearance: none;
</pre>

<h3 id="Values">Values</h3>

<p><code>&lt;appearance&gt;</code> is one of the keywords in the table below.</p>

<table class="standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Value</th>
   <th>Demo</th>
   <th>Description</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>auto</code></td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>
    <p>(Default) The user agent may render form controls using native controls of the host operating system. When computing auto, the user agent must still honor the following properties:</p>

    <ul>
     <li>all</li>
     <li>bottom</li>
     <li>clear</li>
     <li>cursor</li>
     <li>direction</li>
     <li>display</li>
     <li>float</li>
     <li>left</li>
     <li>margin</li>
     <li>position</li>
     <li>right</li>
     <li>top</li>
     <li>unicode-bidi</li>
     <li>visibility&nbsp;</li>
     <li>z-index</li>
    </ul>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>none</code></td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Form controls are not made to look like native controls. The element is rendered following the usual rules of CSS.&nbsp; No other replaced elements other than form controls are affected.&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h3 id="Formal_syntax">Formal syntax</h3>

<pre class="syntaxbox">
{{csssyntax}}</pre>

<h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2>

<pre class="brush: css">
.exampleone {
  appearance: auto;
}
</pre>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('CSS3 Basic UI 4','#propdef-appearance','appearance')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('CSS3 Basic UI 4')}}</td>
   <td>Initial definition.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>

<div id="compat-desktop">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari (WebKit)</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatChrome(52.0)}}{{property_prefix("-webkit")}} [1]</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>39</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<div id="compat-mobile">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Android Webview</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>IE Phone</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
   <th>Chrome for Android</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatChrome(52.0)}}{{property_prefix("-webkit")}} [1]</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>39</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>{{CompatChrome(52.0)}}{{property_prefix("-webkit")}} [1]</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<p>[1] Applies to the <code>&lt;meter&gt;</code> element only.</p>