I've "solved" this problem in the past in various ways, but never really satisfactorily.
You've got a nice layout, all done and gorgeous. Now you start fetching data to populate your select boxes, everything works fine. Then somebody goes and adds a value five times longer than any other in the select list. I've got a list of fund names like this: "LOOMIS STRATEGIC INCOME FUND-Y (1472) Fund 0001472" This is one of the longest ones... until recently. Now the source system is throwing things like this: "CDC NVEST LARGE-CAP GROWTH FUND CLASS A *MER* 543487128 EFF 11/17/03 Fund 0001117" It throws the screen off and looks awful. I could clip the value and append an ellipsis but only if the end value isn't needed. I could force the select box to any size I want using CSS but the values don't appear in any way (at least in IE tool tips, infuriately, are not provided). I could do some formatting - lowercase things, shrink the font (but not more than a little) and so forth, but this is just masking the problem until a really big one comes in then I'm back where I started. Most of the other content-size management techniques don't work in select-boxes (which, let's face it, suck in the first place - I can't wait until X-Forms becomes the norm). How do you guys deal with this? Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194147 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
