# Changing the appearance of disabled textareas

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-the-appearance-of-disabled-textareas/131852>\
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**Created:** [December 20, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-the-appearance-of-disabled-textareas/131852 "2004-12-20T16:28:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![thomjjames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thomjjames](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thomjjames)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-the-appearance-of-disabled-textareas/131852/1 "2004-12-20T16:28:54Z")

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Hi, does anyone know how to change the appearance of disabled textareas, i’m sure you must be able to do it with CSS, but i’m yet to find the answer on the net.

I’ve tried the following CSS with no successful!  
textarea:disabled {  
background-color: #000000;  
}

Thanks  
Thom