How to limit the Textbox's Width????

Calvin KD

Hi everyone,
I have a number of textboxes, lined up in a html table. I have split the
table into different columns. The column widths are all relative, that is, %
rather pixels or points so that it can grow / shrink.
The textboxes are then placed into table cells and have their widths to be
100% of the width of their container (table cells).
Example
<table id="Table1" width="100%" ....>
<tr>
<td width="20%">Fir st Label column</td>
<td width="15%">
<asp:textbox id="TextBox1" Width="100%"
Runat="Server"> </asp:textbox>
</td>
<td width="20%">Sec ond Label column</td>
<td width="15%">
<asp:textbox id="TextBox2" Width="100%"
Runat="Server"> </asp:textbox>
</td>
<td width="*"> </td>
</tr>
</table>

When I display the text in TextBox1. If the text is long, the textbox
automatically resizes to display whole string and pushes everything on the
right to the right.
I don't want this, is there a way to stop it from expanding beyond its
allocated space?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Calvin

Mar 20 '06 #1

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Phillip Williams

Calvin:

If you use relative resizing you cannot cap the maximum width of the
textbox. The best you can do is to optimize the display to a particular
resolution and inform the users of your application that â€œit is best viewed
withâ€ that particular resolution. You can also have some server-side code
that verifies the size of the data fields that will populate the textbox and
then adjust the textbox width accordingly.
--
HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com
"Calvin KD" wrote:

Hi everyone,
I have a number of textboxes, lined up in a html table. I have split the
table into different columns. The column widths are all relative, that is, %
rather pixels or points so that it can grow / shrink.
The textboxes are then placed into table cells and have their widths to be
100% of the width of their container (table cells).
Example
<table id="Table1" width="100%" ....>
<tr>
<td width="20%">Fir st Label column</td>
<td width="15%">
<asp:textbox id="TextBox1" Width="100%"
Runat="Server"> </asp:textbox>
</td>
<td width="20%">Sec ond Label column</td>
<td width="15%">
<asp:textbox id="TextBox2" Width="100%"
Runat="Server"> </asp:textbox>
</td>
<td width="*"> </td>
</tr>
</table>

When I display the text in TextBox1. If the text is long, the textbox
automatically resizes to display whole string and pushes everything on the
right to the right.
I don't want this, is there a way to stop it from expanding beyond its
allocated space?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Calvin

Mar 21 '06 #2

Calvin KD

Thanks for your response Phillip. I was hoping for a more favourable solution
but i guess we've reached its limitation.

Cheers,
Calvin

"Phillip Williams" wrote:

Calvin:

If you use relative resizing you cannot cap the maximum width of the
textbox. The best you can do is to optimize the display to a particular
resolution and inform the users of your application that â€œit is best viewed
withâ€ that particular resolution. You can also have some server-side code
that verifies the size of the data fields that will populate the textbox and
then adjust the textbox width accordingly.
--
HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com
"Calvin KD" wrote:
Hi everyone,
I have a number of textboxes, lined up in a html table. I have split the
table into different columns. The column widths are all relative, that is, %
rather pixels or points so that it can grow / shrink.
The textboxes are then placed into table cells and have their widths to be
100% of the width of their container (table cells).
Example
<table id="Table1" width="100%" ....>
<tr>
<td width="20%">Fir st Label column</td>
<td width="15%">
<asp:textbox id="TextBox1" Width="100%"
Runat="Server"> </asp:textbox>
</td>
<td width="20%">Sec ond Label column</td>
<td width="15%">
<asp:textbox id="TextBox2" Width="100%"
Runat="Server"> </asp:textbox>
</td>
<td width="*"> </td>
</tr>
</table>

When I display the text in TextBox1. If the text is long, the textbox
automatically resizes to display whole string and pushes everything on the
right to the right.
I don't want this, is there a way to stop it from expanding beyond its
allocated space?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Calvin

Mar 21 '06 #3

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