Option length

[atferraz]

How to level the length of all options in a select element if the text for each options has different size?.

Thanks

 

[tnsbuff]

You can set the width using css. Just make sure that it's wide enough to hold the option with the most text:

select {width: 200px}

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

>> You can set the width using css. Just make sure that it's wide enough to hold the option with the most text:

What is the point or making the select box wide enought to hold all the text? Select boxes are automatically adjusted to be the length of the maximum option.

Dan

 

[atferraz]

thanks guys

 

[FesterSXS]

BillyRayPreachersSon,
If you had several SELECT boxes in a form along with other INPUT types then being able to set the width is very useful to keep them all lined up nicely.

Tony

http://www.SpiraxSarco.com

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

I don't disagree with you.

I was referrring to the post of tnsbuff, and his specific statement, not the post of atferraz.

This is why I copied tnsbuff's post in my reply. I guess it wasn't enough to stop you being confused, so apologies for confusing you.

Dan

 

[tnsbuff]

I was assuming they had more than one select statement, otherwise there would be no problem, and thus, they wouldn't have posted the question here in the first place.

I have personally had a form that had about 8 select statements in a column, all with different lengths and it was very handy to be able to specify the width using css so that they looked uniform.

BillyRayPreachersSon, I don't know why you have a problem with my post, other than you didn't think about what the original poster really meant by their question. I doubt that your response helped anyone, so quit wasting bandwidth.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Sorry if I offended anyone - it was never the intention.

The original post only ever referred to one select element, and the options within it.

I possibly misunderstood your initial post, tnsbuff. I don't "have a problem" with it. I simply couldn't understand your comment about making the width: property wide enough to hold the most text, when a single select box does this automatically, anyway.

I don't think my comments were at all wasting bandwidth - surely it is up to us to present as many factors as possible to the original poster, and let them decide what they do with what information?

Dan

 

[BabyJeffy]

What is the point or making the select box wide enought to hold all the text? Select boxes are automatically adjusted to be the length of the maximum option.

tnsbuff, I never saw mention of "multiple select boxes" in the intial post of the thread (nor in any post from afterraz). You drew that conclusion yourself.

The way I read that (in context) is that Dan is asking a perfectly legitimate question (and following it up with his direction of thought). Don't get so jumpy - not everyone is out to get you.

Jeff