<select size="1"> drop down list too small

[Bernhard Kuemel]

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Hi ah!

When on http://www.ersttagsbriefe.com/shop/ you select
&Ouml;sterreich from the first list in the left frame, the second
list gets populated with 14 elements. When you open this second list
with e.g. IE 6.0.2800.1106 it only shows 11 elements and gives
access to the last 3 via a scroll bar even though the whole list
would easily fit on the screen. Other versions of IE (e.g.
6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) and my mozilla do show the
whole list.

I was asked to make the list show completely. Can you tell me how?
Is it possible or is this up to the browser how much of the list it
displays and when to make a scroll bar?

Thanks, Bernhard
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[Richard]

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Hi ah!

When on http://www.ersttagsbriefe.com/shop/ you select
&Ouml;sterreich from the first list in the left frame, the second
list gets populated with 14 elements. When you open this second list
with e.g. IE 6.0.2800.1106 it only shows 11 elements and gives
access to the last 3 via a scroll bar even though the whole list
would easily fit on the screen. Other versions of IE (e.g.
6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) and my mozilla do show the
whole list.

I was asked to make the list show completely. Can you tell me how?
Is it possible or is this up to the browser how much of the list it
displays and when to make a scroll bar?

Fire fox rules! It shows all 14 items correctly.
However, you should check your site through www.validator.w3.org
It shows 17 errors that need to be corrected.
Many of the errors are due to improper use of attributes which do not exist.
You need to understand what can and can not be used in which tags.
If you have problems understanding English terminology, feel free to ask.

 

[Toby Inkster]

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the second list gets populated with 14 elements. When you open this
second list with e.g. IE 6.0.2800.1106 it only shows 11 elements and
gives access to the last 3 via a scroll bar even though the whole list
would easily fit on the screen.
I was asked to make the list show completely. Can you tell me how?

Remove three elements.

PS: You should worry more about the fact that the form is completely
useless when Javascript is disabled. This needn't be the case. e.g.
http://examples.tobyinkster.co.uk/choose-stuff/choosestuff

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[Jukka K. Korpela]

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Stop being ridiculous in public.

When you open this second list
with e.g. IE 6.0.2800.1106 it only shows 11 elements and gives
access to the last 3 via a scroll bar even though the whole list
would easily fit on the screen. - -
I was asked to make the list show completely. Can you tell me how?

Yes. Replace size="1" by size="14".

As the user fills out a form, he moves forward (i.e., downward) in the
form, and it is scrolled down as needed, as part of the page. There's
seldom a good reason to confuse this by adding separately scrollable
subareas - especially if they create problems like the one you describe.

On the other hand, it's often simpler to let the user type in some short
piece of data than to ask him to pick up an option from a list - especially
if the list is long. Naturally, you need to check user data correctness
server-side. Did you intend to omit such a check when using <select>?
An invitation to simple hacking.

 

[Hywel Jenkins]

Fire fox rules! It shows all 14 items correctly.

How did you figure that out, RtS? What if there were 21 items in the
list? Or 200?

However, you should check your site through www.validator.w3.org

Indeed. RtS knows about the validator but doesn't know how to use it.

You need to understand what can and can not be used in which tags.

Is this the stupid leading the blind?

If you have problems understanding English terminology, feel free to ask.

Just don't ask Richard the Stupid. Ignore everything he says. Listen
to him at your peril.