Before you do that, keep in mind that the focus outline is an accessibility and usability feature; it clues the user into what element is currently focused, and a lot of users depend on it. You need to find some other means to make focus visible. In your case, try: input.middle:focus { outline-width: 0; } … Read more
You can set a shape drawable (a rectangle) as background for the view. <TextView android:text=”Some text” android:background=”@drawable/back”/> And rectangle drawable back.xml (put into res/drawable folder): <shape xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android” android:shape=”rectangle” > <solid android:color=”@android:color/white” /> <stroke android:width=”1dip” android:color=”#4fa5d5″/> </shape> You can use @android:color/transparent for the solid color to have a transparent background. You can also use padding to … Read more
This border is used to show that the element is focused (i.e. you can type in the input or press the button with Enter). You can remove it with outline property, though: textarea:focus, input:focus{ outline: none; } You may want to add some other way for users to know what element has keyboard focus though … Read more