DropDownList Webform question.

[James Radke]

Hello,

I have a dropdownlist on a web page, and due to amount of items on a line, I
am limited to setting the width of the control to a certain amount (for
discussion say 50). What I thought would happen if the text is set to
longer than that on the client is that the list would expand beneath the
dropdownlist selection area when clicked, and that I would still see all the
text while scrolling through the list to make the selection.

But, instead the list is cut off at the width of the control.

Is there a way to change this client-side behavior so the full width of the
text is only displyed in the drop down scrollable portion while selecting,
and then limited to the width number of characters for a selected item?

Thanks!

Jim

 

[MSFT]

Hi Jim,

DropDownlist control doesn't support to set the width of scrollable portion
seperately. Its width must be same as the whole control. A posible solution
is to use a TextBox, a button and a ListBox to simulate DropDownlist
control.

Luke
Microsoft Online Support

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