[Javascript] Select Box - List Style

Hakan Magnusson hakan at backbase.com
Mon Jun 14 14:49:05 CDT 2004


In decent browsers you can.

Use
	min-width: 200px;

instead of width. This won't work in Internet Explorer, since it's part 
of the mind bogglingly new CSS2 specifications, only seven years old. :)

Regards,
H


Dave Stoltz wrote:
> Thanks!
> 
> But the only problem with that is, if I populate the listbox with a long
> string, it won't stretch...
> 
> I guess I can't have my cake and eat it too....:) 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu]
> On Behalf Of Peter Brunone
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 12:37 PM
> To: '[JavaScript List]'
> Subject: RE: [Javascript] Select Box - List Style
> 
> Dave,
> 
> 	You can use the CSS width attribute to tell the box how wide you
> want it to be, e.g.
> 
> <select style="width:300px;">
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Peter Brunone
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu On Behalf Of Dave Stoltz
> 
> If I have an empty select box in the list style (not dropdown), it appears
> very narrow...
> 
> Is there any way you can make an empty select box have an initial width?
> 
> Thanks!
> Dave
> 
> 
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