I tried overflow and other things on both the
select and option elements, didn't seem to make any difference in IE
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I see what you mean. What happens if you set overflow to visible?
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:55:33 -0700, Ted Drake
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> Here's a question that I haven't seen mentioned very often. probably
because form elements normally make the strong-willed folks quiver and
those of us that are a bit weaker throw up our arms and scream for our
mommies. So, here it is.
> We have select boxes that show the entire word on firefox, if the word is
long, it stretches the dropdown to fit it.
> In IE 6win, I don't know about the others at this time, the width of the
dropdown is constrained to a set width and overflow is hidden.
> Here is the appropriate style
> #leftquote select {width:48%; float:left;margin:2px 0; }
>
> You can see the effect on this page http://www.csatravelprotection.com
> look at the destination dropdown in the left side.
>
> Thanks for any feedback
> Ted
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