Sizing DesignerControls

[ClivePerkins]

Hi,<br><br>Does anybody know how to fix the size of a design time listbox with a style set to listbox.<br><br>I have the following code<br><br>&lt;!--METADATA TYPE=&quot;DesignerControl&quot; endspan--&gt;<br>&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;<br>&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;TD align=middle style=&quot;WIDTH: 35%&quot; vAlign=center width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;!--METADATA TYPE=&quot;DesignerControl&quot; startspan<br>&lt;OBJECT classid=&quot;clsid:B5F0E450-DC5F-11D0-9846-0000F8027CA0&quot; height=69 id=HobbiesListbox2_MULT <br> style=&quot;HEIGHT: 69px; LEFT: 0px; TOP: 0px; WIDTH: 296px&quot; width=196&gt;<br> &lt;PARAM NAME=&quot;_ExtentX&quot; VALUE=&quot;2540&quot;&gt;<br> &lt;PARAM NAME=&quot;_ExtentY&quot; VALUE=&quot;1826&quot;&gt;<br> &lt;PARAM NAME=&quot;id&quot; VALUE=&quot;HobbiesListbox2_MULT&quot;&gt;<br> &lt;PARAM NAME=&quot;DataSource&quot; VALUE=&quot;&quot;&gt;<br> &lt;PARAM NAME=&quot;DataField&quot; VALUE=&quot;&quot;&gt;<br> &lt;PARAM NAME=&quot;ControlStyle&quot; VALUE=&quot;1&quot;&gt;<br> &lt;PARAM NAME=&quot;Lines&quot; VALUE=&quot;5&quot;&gt;<br> &lt;PARAM NAME=&quot;Enabled&quot; VALUE=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;<br> &lt;PARAM NAME=&quot;Visible&quot; VALUE=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;<br> &lt;PARAM NAME=&quot;Platform&quot; VALUE=&quot;256&quot;&gt;<br> &lt;PARAM NAME=&quot;UsesStaticList&quot; VALUE=&quot;0&quot;&gt;<br> &lt;PARAM NAME=&quot;RowSource&quot; VALUE=&quot;rsCustomerHobbies&quot;&gt;<br> &lt;PARAM NAME=&quot;BoundColumn&quot; VALUE=&quot;lkCode&quot;&gt;<br> &lt;PARAM NAME=&quot;ListField&quot; VALUE=&quot;lkPrompt&quot;&gt;<br> &lt;PARAM NAME=&quot;LookupPlatform&quot; VALUE=&quot;0&quot;&gt;<br> &lt;PARAM NAME=&quot;LocalPath&quot; VALUE=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/OBJECT&gt;<br>--&gt;<br><br>When I change the width properties, regardless of what I put, all I see is a thin strip until data is put into the box.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then it seems to automatically resize to the width of the longest textual element.<br><br>If it is not possible with this control, how else could I achieve it without putting objects on the client<br><br>Cheers<br><br><br>

 

[palbano]

Dear Clive,<br><br>I believe that under the current HTML and CSS standards the 'listbox' and 'combobox' elements only size to the width of the largest string. If this is the case then the behavior is completely unrelated to the design time control since it just generates the HTML for you.<br><br>If my assesment is incorrect perhaps someone else will jump in here and help us out.<br><br>-pete