Select equivalent to alt

[tib]

Hi I have a select that I want to limit to 200 px and it is working fine but now I want to show what's in the box if the text goes beyon the width of the select. (Simular to an alt for an image i guess) Is there a way I can accomplish this? Thanks for any help

[link2tdss]

Hi

i am sorry that i do not have an answer to yor question, but the select that you mention is something i have been looking for, if it's not too much trouble can u please post the code on how to do this

Thanks a bunch

Tarun

[mark87]

I don't think it's possible I tried both alt and title attributes and no luck in IE anyway.

link2tdss - Just do something like this -

<select>
<option>Option 1</option>
<option>Option 2</option>
<option>Option 3</option>
</select>

Then in your CSS -

select { width: 200px }

[link2tdss]

Thanks a bunch for that mark, if you find a way around that rest of text problem do let us know, by the way is it possible to set up a scrol bar in a multi select tag, i don't think so just asking

[mark87]

Do you mean on a select element?

I think it's browser-determined as to what number of options a scrollbar appears.

[link2tdss]

yes i meant on a selct element, but i am not talking of a vertical scrolbar,that is browser dependent, i am talking of a horizontal scrollbar, like in an iframe,it gives a horizontal scrolbar if the text becomes too big,can it be done in the select tag also?

[mark87]

I doubt it, try adding 'overflow:auto;' in the CSS but I don't think it'll help.