-moz-appearance (-webkit-appearance, appearance)

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The -moz-appearance CSS property is used in Gecko (Firefox) to display an element using a platform-native styling based on the operating system's theme.

The -webkit-appearance property is used by WebKit-based (e.g. Safari) and Blink-based (e.g. Chrome, Opera) browsers to achieve the same thing. Note that some non-WebKit browsers also support -webkit-appearance for compatibility reasons.

This property is frequently used in XUL stylesheets to design custom widgets with platform-appropriate styling. It is also used in the XBL implementations of the widgets that ship with the Mozilla platform.

Note: If you wish to use this property on websites, you should test it very carefully — it is non-standard, and historically its behavior has changed from one browser to another. In older browsers even the keyword none does not have the same behavior on each form element across different browsers, and some do not support it at all. The differences are smaller in the newest browsers.

Initial value	`none` (but this value is overriden in the user agent CSS)
Applies to	all elements
Inherited	no
Media	visual
Computed value	as specified
Animation type	discrete
Canonical order	the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

/* Partial list of available values in Gecko */
-moz-appearance: none;
-moz-appearance: button;
-moz-appearance: checkbox;
-moz-appearance: scrollbarbutton-up;
/* Partial list of available values in WebKit/Blink */
-webkit-appearance: none;
-webkit-appearance: button;
-webkit-appearance: checkbox;
-webkit-appearance: scrollbarbutton-up;

Values

<appearance> is one of the following keywords:

Value	Demo	Description
`none`	div {-moz-appearance: none; -webkit-appearance: none; color: black;} <div>Lorem</div>	No special styling is applied. This is the default. Note, however, bug 649849 and bug 605985.
`button`	div {-moz-appearance: button; -webkit-appearance: button; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	The element is drawn like a button.
`button-arrow-down`	div {-moz-appearance: button-arrow-down; -webkit-appearance: button-arrow-down; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`button-arrow-next`	div {-moz-appearance: button-arrow-next; -webkit-appearance: button-arrow-next; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`button-arrow-previous`	div {-moz-appearance: button-arrow-previous; -webkit-appearance: button-arrow-previous; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`button-arrow-up`	div {-moz-appearance: button-arrow-up; -webkit-appearance: button-arrow-up; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`button-bevel`	div {-moz-appearance: button-bevel; -webkit-appearance: button-bevel; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`button-focus`	div {-moz-appearance: button-focus; -webkit-appearance: button-focus; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`caret`	div {-moz-appearance: caret; -webkit-appearance: caret; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`checkbox`	div {-moz-appearance: checkbox; -webkit-appearance: checkbox; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	The element is drawn like a checkbox, including only the actual "checkbox" portion.
`checkbox-container`	div {-moz-appearance: checkbox-container; -webkit-appearance: checkbox-container; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	The element is drawn like a container for a checkbox, which may include a prelighting background effect under certain platforms. Normally it would contain a label and a checkbox.
`checkbox-label`	div {-moz-appearance: checkbox-label; -webkit-appearance: checkbox-label; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`checkmenuitem`	div {-moz-appearance: checkmenuitem; -webkit-appearance: checkmenuitem; height: 20px; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`dualbutton`	div {-moz-appearance: dualbutton; -webkit-appearance: dualbutton; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`groupbox`	div {-moz-appearance: groupbox; -webkit-appearance: groupbox; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`listbox`	div {-moz-appearance: listbox; -webkit-appearance: listbox; height:20px; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`listitem`	div {-moz-appearance: listitem; -webkit-appearance: listitem; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`menuarrow`	div {-moz-appearance: menuarrow; -webkit-appearance: menuarrow; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`menubar`	div {-moz-appearance: menubar; -webkit-appearance: menubar; color: balck; } <div>Lorem</div>
`menucheckbox`	div {-moz-appearance: menucheckbox; -webkit-appearance: menucheckbox; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`menuimage`	div {-moz-appearance: menuimage; -webkit-appearance: menuimage; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`menuitem`	div {-moz-appearance: menuitem; -webkit-appearance: menuitem; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	The element is styled as menu item, item is highlighted when hovered.
`menuitemtext`	div {-moz-appearance: menuitemtext; -webkit-appearance: menuitemtext; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`menulist`	div {-moz-appearance: menulist; -webkit-appearance: menulist; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`menulist-button`	div {-moz-appearance: menulist-button; -webkit-appearance: menulist-button; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	The element is styled as a button that would indicate a menulist can be opened.
`menulist-text`	div {-moz-appearance: menulist-text; -webkit-appearance: menulist-text; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`menulist-textfield`	div {-moz-appearance: menulist-textfield; -webkit-appearance: menulist-textfield; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	The element is styled as the text field for a menulist. (Not implemented for the Windows platform)
`menupopup`	div {-moz-appearance: menupopup; -webkit-appearance: menupopup; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`menuradio`	div {-moz-appearance: menuradio; -webkit-appearance: menuradio; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`menuseparator`	div {-moz-appearance: menuseparator; -webkit-appearance: menuseparator; color: transparent; } <div>Lorem</div>
`meterbar`	div {-moz-appearance: meterbar; -webkit-appearance: meterbar; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	New in Fx 16.
`meterchunk`	div {-moz-appearance: meterchunk; -webkit-appearance: meterchunk; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	New in Fx 16
`progressbar`	div {-moz-appearance: progressbar; -webkit-appearance: progressbar; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	The element is styled like a progress bar.
`progressbar-vertical`	div {-moz-appearance: progressbar-vertical; -webkit-appearance: preogressbar-vertical; color: transparent; } <div>Lorem</div>
`progresschunk`	div {-moz-appearance: progresschunk; -webkit-appearance: progresschunk; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`progresschunk-vertical`	div {-moz-appearance: progresschunk-vertical; -webkit-appearance: progresschunk-vertical; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`radio`	div {-moz-appearance: radio; -webkit-appearance: radio; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	The element is drawn like a radio button, including only the actual "radio button" portion.
`radio-container`	div {-moz-appearance: radio-container; -webkit-appearance: radio-container; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	The element is drawn like a container for a radio button, which may include a prelighting background effect under certain platforms. Normally it would contain a label and a radio button.
`radio-label`	div {-moz-appearance: radio-label; -webkit-appearance: radio-label; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`radiomenuitem`	div {-moz-appearance: radiomenuitem; -webkit-appearance: radiomenuitem; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
range	div {-moz-appearance: range; -webkit-appearance: radiomenuitem; color: black; } range <div>Lorem</div>
range-thumb	div {-moz-appearance: range-thumb; -webkit-appearance: range-thumb; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`resizer`	div {-moz-appearance: resizer; -webkit-appearance: resizer; color: transparent; } <div>Lorem</div>
`resizerpanel`	div {-moz-appearance: resizerpanel; -webkit-appearance: resizerpanel; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`scale-horizontal`	div {-moz-appearance: scale-horizontal; -webkit-appearance: scale-horizontal; color: transparent; } <div>Lorem</div>
`scalethumbend`	div {-moz-appearance: scalethumbend; -webkit-appearance: scalethumbend; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`scalethumb-horizontal`	div {-moz-appearance: scalethumb-horizontal; -webkit-appearance: scalethumb-horizontal; color: transparent; } <div>Lorem</div>
`scalethumbstart`	div {-moz-appearance: scalethumbstart; -webkit-appearance: scalethumbstart; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`scalethumbtick`	div {-moz-appearance: scalethumbtick; -webkit-appearance: scalethumbtick; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`scalethumb-vertical`	div {-moz-appearance: scalethumb-vertical; -webkit-appearance: scalethumb-vertical; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`scale-vertical`	div {-moz-appearance: scale-vertical; -webkit-appearance: scale-vertical; color: transparent; } <div>Lorem</div>
`scrollbarbutton-down`	div {-moz-appearance: scrollbarbutton-down; -webkit-appearance: scrollbarbutton-down; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`scrollbarbutton-left`	div {-moz-appearance: scrollbarbutton-left; -webkit-appearance: scrollbarbutton-left; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`scrollbarbutton-right`	div {-moz-appearance: scrollbarbutton-right; -webkit-appearance: scrollbarbutton-right; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`scrollbarbutton-up`	div {-moz-appearance: scrollbarbutton-up; -webkit-appearance: scrollbarbutton-up; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`scrollbarthumb-horizontal`	div {-moz-appearance: scrollbarthumb-horizontal; -webkit-appearance: scrollbarthumb-horizontal; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`scrollbarthumb-vertical`	div {-moz-appearance: scrollbarthumb-vertical; -webkit-appearance: scrollbarthumb-vertical; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`scrollbartrack-horizontal`	div {-moz-appearance: scrollbartrack-horizontal; -webkit-appearance: scrollbartrack-horizontal; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`scrollbartrack-vertical`	div {-moz-appearance: scrollbartrack-vertical; -webkit-appearance: scrollbarbartrack-vertical; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`searchfield`	div {-moz-appearance: searchfield; -webkit-appearance: searchfield; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`separator`	div {-moz-appearance: separator; -webkit-appearance: separator; color: transparent; } <div>Lorem</div>
`sheet`	div {-moz-appearance: sheet; -webkit-appearance: sheet; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`spinner`	div {-moz-appearance: spinner; -webkit-appearance: spinner; color: transparent; } <div>Lorem</div>
`spinner-downbutton`	div {-moz-appearance: spinner-downbutton; -webkit-appearance: spinner-downbutton; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`spinner-textfield`	div {-moz-appearance: spinner-textfield; -webkit-appearance: spinner-textfield; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`spinner-upbutton`	div {-moz-appearance: spinner-upbutton; -webkit-appearance: spinner-upbutton; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`splitter`	div {-moz-appearance: splitter; -webkit-appearance: splitter; color: transparent; } <div>Lorem</div>
`statusbar`	div {-moz-appearance: statusbar; -webkit-appearance: statusbar; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`statusbarpanel`	div {-moz-appearance: statusbarpanel; -webkit-appearance: statusbarpanel; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`tab`	div {-moz-appearance: tab; -webkit-appearance: tab; height: 20px; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`tabpanel`	div {-moz-appearance: tabpanel; -webkit-appearance: tabpanel; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`tabpanels`	div {-moz-appearance: tabpanels; -webkit-appearance: tabpanels; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`tab-scroll-arrow-back`	div {-moz-appearance: tab-scroll-arrow-back; -webkit-appearance: tab-scroll-arrow-back; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`tab-scroll-arrow-forward`	div {-moz-appearance: tab-scroll-arrow-forward; -webkit-appearance: tab-scroll-arrow-forward; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`textfield`	div {-moz-appearance: textfield; -webkit-appearance: textfield; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`textfield-multiline`	div {-moz-appearance: textfield-multiline; -webkit-appearance: textfield-multiline; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`toolbar`	div {-moz-appearance: toolbar; -webkit-appearance: toolbar; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`toolbarbutton`	div {-moz-appearance: toolbarbutton; -webkit-appearance: toolbarbutton; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`toolbarbutton-dropdown`	div {-moz-appearance: toolbarbutton-dropdown; -webkit-appearance: toolbarbutton-dropdown; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`toolbargripper`	div {-moz-appearance: toolbargripper; -webkit-appearance: toolbargripper; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`toolbox`	div {-moz-appearance: toolbox; -webkit-appearance: toolbox; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`tooltip`	div {-moz-appearance: tooltip; -webkit-appearance: tooltip; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`treeheader`	div {-moz-appearance: treeheader; -webkit-appearance: treeheader; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`treeheadercell`	div {-moz-appearance: treeheadercell; -webkit-appearance: treeheadercell; height:20px; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`treeheadersortarrow`	div {-moz-appearance: treeheadersortarrow; -webkit-appearance: treeheadersortarrow; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`treeitem`	div {-moz-appearance: treeitem; -webkit-appearance: treeitem; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`treeline`	div {-moz-appearance: treeline; -webkit-appearance: treeline; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`treetwisty`	div {-moz-appearance: treetwisty; -webkit-appearance: treetwisty; color: transparent; } <div>Lorem</div>
`treetwistyopen`	div {-moz-appearance: treetwistyopen; -webkit-appearance: treetwistyopen; color: transparent; } <div>Lorem</div>
`treeview`	div {-moz-appearance: treeview; -webkit-appearance: treeview; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`-moz-win-borderless-glass`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-win-borderless-glass; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	Windows Vista and later only. This style applies the Aero Glass effect -- but without a border -- to the element.
`-moz-win-browsertabbar-toolbox`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-win-browsertabbar-toolbox; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	Windows Vista and later only. This toolbox style is meant to be used for the tab bar in a browser.
`-moz-win-communicationstext`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-win-communicationstext; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`-moz-win-communications-toolbox`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-win-communications-toolbox; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	Windows Vista and later only. This toolbox style is meant to be used in communications and productivity applications. Corresponding foreground color is `-moz-win-communicationstext`.
`-moz-win-exclude-glass`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-win-exclude-glass; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	Windows Vista and later only. This styles is used to exclude the Aero Glass effect on the element.
`-moz-win-glass`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-win-glass; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	Windows Vista and later only. This style applies the Aero Glass effect to the element.
`-moz-win-mediatext`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-win-mediatext; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`-moz-win-media-toolbox`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-win-media-toolbox; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>	Windows Vista and later only. This toolbox style is meant to be used in applications that manage media objects. Corresponding foreground color is `-moz-win-mediatext`.
`-moz-window-button-box`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-window-button-box; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`-moz-window-button-box-maximized`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-window-button-box-maximized; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`-moz-window-button-close`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-window-button-close; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`-moz-window-button-maximize`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-window-button-maximize; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`-moz-window-button-minimize`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-window-button-minimize; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`-moz-window-button-restore`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-window-button-restore; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`-moz-window-frame-bottom`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-window-frame-bottom; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`-moz-window-frame-left`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-window-frame-left; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`-moz-window-frame-right`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-window-frame-right; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`-moz-window-titlebar`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-window-titlebar; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>
`-moz-window-titlebar-maximized`	div {-moz-appearance: -moz-window-titlebar-maximized; color: black; } <div>Lorem</div>

Formal syntax

none | button | button-arrow-down | button-arrow-next | button-arrow-previous | button-arrow-up | button-bevel | button-focus | caret | checkbox | checkbox-container | checkbox-label | checkmenuitem | dualbutton | groupbox | listbox | listitem | menuarrow | menubar | menucheckbox | menuimage | menuitem | menuitemtext | menulist | menulist-button | menulist-text | menulist-textfield | menupopup | menuradio | menuseparator | meterbar | meterchunk | progressbar | progressbar-vertical | progresschunk | progresschunk-vertical | radio | radio-container | radio-label | radiomenuitem | range | range-thumb | resizer | resizerpanel | scale-horizontal | scalethumbend | scalethumb-horizontal | scalethumbstart | scalethumbtick | scalethumb-vertical | scale-vertical | scrollbarbutton-down | scrollbarbutton-left | scrollbarbutton-right | scrollbarbutton-up | scrollbarthumb-horizontal | scrollbarthumb-vertical | scrollbartrack-horizontal | scrollbartrack-vertical | searchfield | separator | sheet | spinner | spinner-downbutton | spinner-textfield | spinner-upbutton | splitter | statusbar | statusbarpanel | tab | tabpanel | tabpanels | tab-scroll-arrow-back | tab-scroll-arrow-forward | textfield | textfield-multiline | toolbar | toolbarbutton | toolbarbutton-dropdown | toolbargripper | toolbox | tooltip | treeheader | treeheadercell | treeheadersortarrow | treeitem | treeline | treetwisty | treetwistyopen | treeview | -moz-mac-unified-toolbar | -moz-win-borderless-glass | -moz-win-browsertabbar-toolbox | -moz-win-communicationstext | -moz-win-communications-toolbox | -moz-win-exclude-glass | -moz-win-glass | -moz-win-mediatext | -moz-win-media-toolbox | -moz-window-button-box | -moz-window-button-box-maximized | -moz-window-button-close | -moz-window-button-maximize | -moz-window-button-minimize | -moz-window-button-restore | -moz-window-frame-bottom | -moz-window-frame-left | -moz-window-frame-right | -moz-window-titlebar | -moz-window-titlebar-maximized

Examples

The following would make an element look like a toolbar button in Firefox:

.exampleone {
  -moz-appearance: toolbarbutton;
}

See also this JSFiddle for a useful example showing how you might use appearance: none to apply custom styling to radio buttons and checkboxes.

Specifications

The appearance property is currently not present in any newer CSS specification.

Feature	Chrome	Edge	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari (WebKit)
Basic support	1.0	(Yes)-webkit^[2]	1.0 (1.7 or earlier)-moz^[1] 54 (54)^[3]	No support^[2]	?	3.0-webkit

Feature	Android	Edge	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Phone	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	?	(Yes)-webkit	(Yes)	11.0-webkit^[2]	?	?	?

[1] Not fully supported.

[2] Doesn't work on IE for Desktop. Only works in IE for Mobile and the none, button, and textfield values are supported. See the documentation on MSDN.

[3] bug 605985 was also fixed in Gecko 54, meaning that checkboxes and radio buttons are no longer replaced elements when styled with -moz-appearance: none (in Firefox, but not Firefox mobile). This has further increased the ability to customize styling of these elements in Firefox desktop — you can now set border and background-color on them.

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