Is there any way to set the length/wdith of a select menu?

[Shane Mingins]

Hi

From what I have read there does not seem to be a way of setting the length
of a <SELECT> element.

I wish to have the selector box a certain length regardless of whether it is
empty or populated.

By default it sets itself to the length of the longest <OPTION> element.

Any tips to workaround this?

E.g Empy and Populated are the same length

Empty
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Thanks
Shane

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[Sean Jorden]

From what I have read there does not seem to be a way of setting the
length of a <SELECT> element.

E.g Empy and Populated are the same length

you can use CSS in this manner:

<select style="width:120px" >

However, be advised that even when the list items are shown, IE (only one I
have noticed) will chop off any text that goes over the width.


Sean

 

[Woolly Mittens]

However, be advised that even when the list items are shown, IE (only one I
have noticed) will chop off any text that goes over the width.

Which is a good thing if you have the kind of customers we do. They like
their titles long and boring.