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Sent by
Amos Bannister on September 26, 2000 at 23:02:29:

Worth:
Worth reading

Length:
Too short

Technical:
Just right

Comments:
Although this was a reasonable answer, it was not technically correct when it stated that it is not possible to limit the width of a select box in Netscape.

To do this you must populate the select box using Javascript. You can specify a WIDTH attribute which will specify the width in pixels (although this is not such a good idea), or you can put one dummy <OPTION> entry which is the width you want. Then you delete the option using Javascript and add all the options you wish to appear in the list. The select box will be forced to stay the size of the original (dummy) entry.

Note: This will not work on IE, so you would need to also include the STYLE specification in the SELECT tag for IE.

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Amos Bannister

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• irt.org FAQ Knowledge Base Q858 - Rob Freundlich May 28, 2002 at 14:09:45:
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• irt.org FAQ Knowledge Base Q858 - Amos Bannister 23:02:29 9/26/00