In a printout or print preview screen of a Web page, the background color in a Select tag is not printed or displayed.
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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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The following code does not print or preview the green background inside of the Select box.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor=yellow>
Ensure Advanced Tab - print background colors enabled<br>
View in print preview <br>
Result: background-color:green is ignored<br>
<SELECT STYLE=" background-color:green">
<OPTION >Print Preview
<OPTION > -- OR --
<OPTION>Print
</SELECT>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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