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HTML lambertb 09-18-2006
Posted by lambertb on September 18, 2006, 4:53 pm
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Hi, is this possible to achieve this, and how?
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/779/derrrvw2.png

thanks!


Posted by Benjamin Niemann on September 18, 2006, 5:02 pm
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lambertb@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi, is this possible to achieve this, and how?
> http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/779/derrrvw2.png

... and why?

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Posted by Thomas Jollans on September 18, 2006, 5:18 pm
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:53:50 -0700, lambertb@gmail.com let this slip:

> Hi, is this possible to achieve this, and how?
> http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/779/derrrvw2.png
>
> thanks!

Have you ever seen this kind of behaviour in an application ? I don't
think this is possible in HTML, and if it was, I imagine it to be
difficult to implement - especially in browsers that use the native
widgets to draw form elements, like IE, Konqueror or Safari.

Thomas Jollans

Posted by Jonathan N. Little on September 18, 2006, 6:11 pm
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lambertb@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, is this possible to achieve this, and how?
> http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/779/derrrvw2.png

WHY?

Well your could...

SELECT { width: 10em; }
SELECT OPTION { width: 20em; }

But don't expect it to work in IE!

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Take care,

Jonathan
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http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

Posted by lambertb on September 18, 2006, 6:36 pm
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Hi,

I'd need this because the image I provided is just for sample. My
select contains fairly large strings, and I don't have enough space on
my page to set the width of my select wide enough to see all text. So I
was wondering if even the select element is somewhat small, it was
possible to at least expand the box to a width so we see all text in
the box that shows all elements when we click on the select.

Jonathan N. Little wrote:
> lambertb@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi, is this possible to achieve this, and how?
> > http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/779/derrrvw2.png
>
> WHY?
>
> Well your could...
>
> SELECT { width: 10em; }
> SELECT OPTION { width: 20em; }
>
> But don't expect it to work in IE!
>
> --
> Take care,
>
> Jonathan
> -------------------
> LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
> http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com


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