Small Text Boxes?

[Akhenaten]

I'm working with limited space in a particular table cell, what's the
best way to create an input text box that is a bit smaller than the
standard <input type=text> ?

TIA.
../JLK

 

[scripts.contact]

I'm working with limited space in a particular table cell, what's the
best way to create an input text box that is a bit smaller than the
standard <input type=text> ?

<input type="text" size=width_in_characters >
e.g.-
<input type="text" size=10 >

OR

<input type="text" style="width:Width" >
e.g.-
<input type="text" style="width:10em">

 

[Jonathan N. Little]

I'm working with limited space in a particular table cell, what's the
best way to create an input text box that is a bit smaller than the
standard <input type=text> ?

..itzybitzy { font-size: .5em; }


<input type="text" class="itzybitzy" value="Insanely small!">

 

[Akhenaten]

.itzybitzy { font-size: .5em; }

<input type="text" class="itzybitzy" value="Insanely small!">

Thx, the CSS bit was what I needed.

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Scripsit Akhenaten:

I'm working with limited space in a particular table cell,

Then fix the thing that created this problem...

what's the
best way to create an input text box that is a bit smaller than the
standard <input type=text> ?

.... instead of creating new problems.

The default font size in input boxes is already typically 90% of the basic
font size*), so making it even smaller is a bad move. If you want user
input, why would you make it hard to him to see what he is writing?

*) So the CSS code
input { font-size: 100%; }
is worth considering.