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Hi all, i am looking for a way to prevent a horizontal, inline unordered list from breaking into seperate lines once contained inside a element with specific width (shorter than the list). the element has "overflow" set to "hidden".

the only way i found to create that effect is by giving a specific width to the "UL" element but now, i have to create that effect for a list with unknown width!! (user can add items to list). is there any other way? it would help me so much!!

thank you all
Jul 13 '10
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JKing
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I tested it and it works fine in Firefox and IE8.

Make sure you moved display:inline from #list to #list li.
Jul 14 '10 #11

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