In ListBox, how to you format first item Select... to italic and gray?

[Bob]

In ListBox, how to you format Select... to italic and gray?

GWT 2.3, still learning...

It is standard to have select visibile in the drop down box in italic and grayed out a bit.  I presume Select is simply the first item added.

   myrListBox.addItem("Select...");

with other "real " items after that added.

but I don't see how to format the word select.  You cannot attach at CSS to an added item (that I can see).

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Make it a great day!

bob

[Eric Metcalf]

You will probably want to have 2 items here.  The "Select.." would be a clickable label with a background image of a downward arrow. The second would be your list adjacent under the first and hidden by default.  When a user clicks on the "Select..." label, you display the list.  When the user clicks a list item, hide the list and have the "Select..." change to the selected item.  This also means your submit button would have to verify that the user selected an item.