Customize the Validation Radio Button widget
The SpryValidationRadio.css file provides the default styling for the Validation Radio Button widget. You can customize the widget by changing the appropriate CSS rule. The CSS rules in the SpryValidationRadio.css file use the same class names as the related elements in the widget’s HTML code, so it’s easy for you to know which CSS rules correspond to the widget and its error states.
The SpryValidationRadio.css file should already be included in your website before you start customizing. For more information, see Prepare your files.
Style a Validation Radio Button widget (general instructions)
- Open the SpryValidationRadio.css file.
- Locate the CSS rule for the part of the widget to change. For example, to change the background color of the Radio Button widget’s required state, edit the radioRequiredState rule in the SpryValidationRadio.css file.
- Make your changes to the CSS rule and save the file.
The SpryValidationRadio.css file contains extensive comments, explaining the code and the purpose for certain rules. For further information, see the comments in the file.
Style Validation Radio Button widget error message text
By default, error messages for the Validation Radio Button widget appear in red with a 1-pixel solid border surrounding the text.
To change the text styling of Validation Radio
Button widget error messages, use the following table to locate
the appropriate CSS rule, and then change the default properties,
or add your own text-styling properties and values.
|
Text to style |
Relevant CSS rule |
Relevant properties to change |
|---|---|---|
|
Error message text |
.radioRequiredState .radioRequiredMsg, .radioInvalidState .radioInvalidMsg |
color: #CC3333; border: 1px solid #CC3333; |
Customize state-related class names
Although you can replace error message-related class names with class names of your own by changing the rules in the CSS and the class names in the HTML code, you cannot change or replace state-related class names, because the behaviors are hard coded as part of the Spry framework. You can, however, override the default state-related class name with your own class name by specifying a new value in the third parameter of the widget constructor.
To change widget state-related class names, add
one of the overriding options to the third parameter of the widget
constructor, and specify your custom class name, as follows:
<script type="text/javascript">
var spryRadio1 = new Spry.Widget.ValidationRadio("RadioWidget", {requiredClass:"required"});
</script>
The following table provides a list of options you can use to override built-in state-related class names.
|
Option |
Description |
|---|---|
|
requiredClass |
Overrides the "radioRequiredState" built-in value. |
|
invalidClass |
Overrides the "radioInvalidState" built-in value. |