Michael Qiu wrote:
I hava a select component on my form. the width of the select
component is fixed,so if the length of the option's shown string
larger than the select component's width,how can i make the shown
string wrap to next line?
<select name=123 style="width:10 0px;height:200p x">
<option value=1>abcdefg hijklmnopqrstuv wxyz</option>
</select>
select component's width is 100px, the option's shown sring is
abcdefghijklmno pqrstuvwxyz,if shown string's length is larger
tthan 100px ,how can auto wrap it to next line?
And if you word wrap it, how will it display that selection?
px is a bad size definition also. If I have my font-size set to largest
and my neighbor has it set to smallest, then you get different results.
And, iiiiiiiiiiiiiii ii will not display as wide as XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X nor
will xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xx display as wide as XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX
iiiiiiiiiiiiiii ii
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xx
unless you specify a fixed width font.
One possible solution, that has many major flaws.
Display it as a multiple select list, specify the width in em's, specify
a fixed width font, with a fixed pitch, and then loop through the
elements and when you find one whose .text is wider, truncate it, create
a new option right below it, and append the text, keeping the same
value. And then hope/pray that your users don't have js disabled, dont
have CSS disabled, and that the browser supports what you are trying to
do, and then they dont get pissed at you for @#$%@#'ing with there display.
In short? Redesign your page to handle your options.
And for crying out loud, please get a newsreader that will wrap your lines.
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