Thanks Todd, what I'm really looking for is a minimum width on the form,
that expands as need be.
However, just setting a minimum-width on a form does not set the form to
that width. The width of a form as a block level element defaults to 100%.
The solution that seems to work for the form is
On Nov 1, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Stevio wrote:
> The values listed in the select list will be drawn from a database and
> therefore the width of the select field is determined by the text within that
> field. The behaviour I want is that the form will have a set width that would
> expand if the widt
Thanks Russ for the detailed reply and examples.
One thing that I did not make clear in my original email is that the reason
why the width of the list within the form may have a width greater
than 30em, is because of the content of the select list (the text).
The values listed in the select
Hey Stevio,
There could be a range of reasons for the select element issue, so the only
answer would be "it depends".
In your case, the issue MAY be related to font-size. Browsers may render the
font-size of the element slightly differently. This could mean that
the em unit applied to the el
I can confirm that I have deleted all my copies of this email as well.
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