[thelist] SELECT form larger than what's on display.

[Damien COLA]

Thank you for the pointer to DHTML, I know it may be possible but will
be a bit too much code for the simple behavior I want.
If you are slightly interested you can see what I've found, it's
possible to build on top of that :
http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/select/jsGenerated.html

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When I've look for that on the internet I've noticed that windows
developpers have been looking for this kind of behavior, but for
applications, not for the web.

To stay simple and explain in what the behavior I am looking for was
different from what you've proposed is :
The SELECT width should stay the same width, that we use it or not, it's
the list of elements that should have a larger width when you open it.


Cheers, anyway it was just to know if I was wrong in thinking that it
isn't possible to do with simple html and CSS.

Cordialement,
  Damien COLA
    http://www.VarMalin.com 

-----Original Message-----
Now I'm confused -- isn't that what this does? (I tested on IE 5.5, not
6). The SELECT is the narrower specified width *until* you use it (gets
focus), at which point it's the width of the widest item. And when focus
is removed, the width returns to the original narrow setting.

How is that different than the behavior you're looking for?