[wp-design] Styling form elements

[Joen Asmussen]

Chris Davis wrote:

> Although I can see where you are coming from Mike, I am more in Joen's 
> camp on this one, not styling at all on form elements.. unless it is 
> something innocuous, that doesn't change the form element itself, but 
> adds some character.  An example is what I am doing on my site with 
> the comment form, the elements have backgrounds that give them a more 
> 3d look, but don't actually affect the form widget themselves.

Spot on.

One of the best examples of this type of styling is done by Mr. Andy Budd.

There's sort of an extra border area around elements, and there's a 
focus color. It makes even the ugly Windows elements look good.