[thelist] select list scrolling

Bill Mason data at data1701d.com
Fri Jun 29 15:18:04 CDT 2001


At 01:05 PM 6/29/01, nate koechley wrote:
>situation: i have a select list with 11 items, used
>for secondary navigation.
>
>symptoms: when i "pull down" the select list in IE
>(5.*, win2000), the browser displays the first 10
>items, and leaves the 11th hidden with a scroll bar.
>(e.g: you need to scroll down the list to see the
>11th).

This isn't going to be a constant. On my IE 5.5/NT4 install, the first 11 
items in dropdowns are displayed.

>problem: because i'm only one item past the "magic
>number" in IE, it looks silly to require a scroll
>action to reveal a single additional item. Does
>anyone know if there is a way to set this threshold?

I'm pretty sure you can't control this in any event.  It's a browser UI issue.

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