Re: fix size of select item

David Eaves Wed, 9 Feb 2000 00:13:34 -0800

The way that I've done this one in the past is to use a [style="width:(some number) px;"] in the select tag, but this only works for IE. So load the values into a javascript object and write the drop down onload. For Netscape you will need to set a dummy option with nothing but a bunch of [ ]. See the example below:

<!--

function initDropDown()

{

var dropDown = document.MyForm.dropDown;

// reset the drop down (This is the part of the Netscape work-around)

dropDown.length = 0;

dropDown.length = <%=yourObject.length%>;

<%-- loop through your object --%>

<%for (int i = 0; i < yourObject.length; i++) { %>

dropDown.options[<%=i%>] = new Option(<%=yourObject{i]%>,<%=yourObject{i]%>);

<%}%>

}

//-->

</script>

<%-- Call the Javascript function onload (I'm not sure if I've done the JSP comments correctly it's late)--%>

<body >

</select>

</form>

</body>

Hopefully this helps. The blank option tricks Netscape to draw the select to the width of the spaces. Then onload the select is emptied and filled with your values. Adding the style attribute to the select tag will keep IE from redrawing the drop down based on the length of the largest text value. The result should be a fixed width drop down.

I haven't tested the code above (obviously), but this same idea is how I've overcome the problem in the past.

Good Luck!!

David Eaves

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I think it is not possible to fix the size of the list box.

The list gets automatically sized as per the size of the

largest element.

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> how can i fix the size of list box in html .
> i am populating the list box from database .
> its size changes according to the first option .
> i want to fix the size of selection box.
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