Can anyone explain why:

border: 1px solid #ddd;

works on the input#txtCommand selector, but:

background-color: #ddd;

does not?

Should do. I did this and it worked for me:

JS.eval("$('#txtCommand').css('border', '1px solid #ddd');")
JS.eval("$('#txtCommand').css('background-color', '#ddd');")

I'll lob that in, see what happens. Thank you.

[edit] Nope, not working for me. Never mind. It was only me trying to find a workaround for the css resume issue.