you can use style="width:200px" in teh <select>, and in the form it will only be 200Px wide, however, when you try to select someting, the list will expand but not 'break' teh page.
On 2/23/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No - not without a lot of work that they won't pay for. > > It's a shopping cart app that literally sells everything - from Lamps to > Faucets to heaters to, well, the kitchen sink. > > There really are no "groups" that the product add-ons would fit into. > > I'm looking into Jerry's suggestion of breaking things into two lines, > then "massaging" the js to make it look like they are selecting "one" > addon, when they are actually selecting two. > > On another note, you've narrowed my lunch choice down to a Mushroom > Cheese Steak Sub. Thanks! :) > > Adkins, Randy wrote: > > Can you GROUP the items? > > FRUIT: > > -- Apples > > -- Oranges > > MEAT: > > -- ground Beef > > -- Steak > > > > ...etc > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 11:07 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: add a break inside a select list? > > > > Then just three ideas: > > A flash form. > > Highlight multiple lines through javascript. When you are writing out > > the select options, add a function to highlight attached rows. > > Write your own dhtml dropdown list that behaves however you want. > > > > On 2/23/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Thanks Jerry. I actually tried that, but the client isn't liking it > >> so much. They think it is confusing. > >> > >> > >> > >> Jerry Johnson wrote: > >>> I break the long string into multiple lines, add 2 spaces before all > > > >>> but the first line, and set the value for each to the same value. > >>> > >>> This does not highlight all the lines when moused over, but my users > > > >>> haven't complained yet. > >>> > >>> On 2/23/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> I swear this was answered before - but I can't find it anywhere. > >>>> > >>>> Is there a way to make an option in a select list break into two or > > > >>>> more lines? In other words, my drop-down list is dynamically > >>>> built, and it is becoming silly-long, throwing off my page width. > >>>> Is there a way for me to break it out to two lines? Like using > > <br> or \n or whatever? > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:233250 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
