Customize the Confirm widget



Although the Property inspector enables you to make simple edits to a Validation Confirm widget, it does not support customized styling tasks. You can alter the CSS for the Validation Confirm widget so that you can create a widget that is styled to your liking. For a more advanced list of styling tasks, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_dw_spryconfirm_custom_en.

All CSS rules in the topics below refer to the default rules located in the SpryValidationConfirm.css file. Dreamweaver saves the SpryValidationConfirm.css file in the SpryAssets folder of your site whenever you create a Spry Validation Confirm widget. Consulting this file is helpful because it contains commented information about various styles that apply to the widget.

Although you can easily edit rules for the Validation Confirm widget directly in the accompanying CSS file, you can also use the CSS Styles panel to edit the widget’s CSS. The CSS Styles panel is helpful for locating the CSS classes assigned to different parts of the widget, especially if you use the panel’s Current mode.

Style a Validation Confirm widget (general instructions)

  1. Open the SpryValidationConfirm.css file.

  2. Locate the CSS rule for the part of the widget to change. For example, to change the background color of the Confirm widget’s required state, edit the input.confirmRequiredState rule in the SpryValidationConfirm.css file.

  3. Make your changes to the CSS and save the file.

The SpryValidationConfirm.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 Confirm widget error message text

By default, error messages for the Validation Confirm widget appear in red with a 1-pixel solid border surrounding the text.

 To change the text styling of Validation Confirm 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 change

Relevant CSS rule

Relevant properties to change

Error message text

.confirmRequiredState .confirmRequiredMsg, .confirmInvalidState .confirmInvalidMsg

color: #CC3333; border: 1px solid #CC3333;

Change Validation Confirm widget background colors

 To change the background colors of the Validation Confirm widget in various states, use the following table to locate the appropriate CSS rule, and then change the default background color values.

Color to change

Relevant CSS rule

Relevant property to change

Background color of widget in valid state

.confirmValidState input, input.confirmValidState

background-color: #B8F5B1;

Background color of widget in invalid state

input.confirmRequiredState, .confirmRequiredState input, input.confirmInvalidState, .confirmInvalidState input

background-color: #FF9F9F;

Background color of widget in focus

.confirmFocusState input, input.confirmFocusState

background-color: #FFFFCC;