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When disabling dropdownlist - get rid of down icon?

When disabling dropdownlist - is there a way to get rid of down arrow icon on the right end of the control?

case "System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList":
((System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList)cc).BorderWidth = 0;
((System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList)cc).Enabled = !value;
((System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList)cc).BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent;

////////////////////////////// GET RID OF "down" indicator?

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Jesse Matlock

To my knowledge,. this is not possible. You can, to some extent change the 'look' of a select element via front or backend styling.. . but browsers do not support the removal or modification of that portion of the select element. The best option would be to create a list of options you want to use, and then modify the look/design of it using CSS, etc.

Jesse Matlock

Alternatively, you can use a Javascript plugin to your preferred lib. and have that control the look/design of your select elements. Essentially, what most of them do is to create and restyle an additional element (eg. a list of items) and pass the 'click' to the hidden, but active, original select element. What JS Lib are you using?

Tom Knowlton

ASKER

>>>>What JS Lib are you using?

jQuery

I just love jQuery. It's the first time in a while I've had FUN doing web development!!! I love it's power and simplicity.

I could just find-out what option value is "selected", then hide the entire drop down list or even replace it with a <span> that would have the option value from the dropdown as it's inner html.

But first I want to find an asp.net C# solution if there is one...since I already have it doing the disabling for the textboxes.

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Tom Knowlton

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thx