Hardcoding dropdown menu WIDTH

undyingfires · 12-19-2002, 06:48 PM

I've tired searching for the answer first but anyhow...

I would like to know if it's possible to hardcode a specific width of a drop down menu?

One of the options/titles in the drop-down menu is very-y long so the drop-down extends the entire length of the box..

We don't want it wider then 450px MAX

So... can this be done? and/or can you 'wrap' a title?

Help

krycek · 12-19-2002, 07:44 PM

hmmm, I am not sure if it will work (no time to check) but have you tried the CSS property max-width?

::] krycek [::

redhead · 12-19-2002, 07:51 PM

im not sure that max-width is supported yet though

undyingfires · 12-19-2002, 08:36 PM

I'm going to try searching for this (though nothing as of yet), but is there an attribute I can use within the form/option tag itself?

I know using CSS is good but this is the only place where this problems occurs is with this one drop-down menu (which BTW, you select from a list of options and then 'go').

We've tried width="" and max-width="" and maxwidth=""

Thanks for any help in the meantime

krycek · 12-19-2002, 10:16 PM

well, max-width is CSS only so nope it will not work as an attribute (unless inside a style attribute).

I am not sure that overflow would apply to a select/option element, but you could try overflow: hidden (the attribute would be style="overflow: hidden")

Other than that I am not sure

::] krycek [::

cg9com · 12-20-2002, 02:55 AM

speaking of CSS why not use that?

Code:

<select style="width:300px;">
<option>blah</option>
</select>

that would not wrap though...

undyingfires · 12-20-2002, 01:29 PM

Well, I've passed these points onto the person responsible/taking care of the drop-down...

Will let all know what or if it works

Thanks