Select control and overflowing

Dan Watson

Hello, I am currently working on a web site for my company but need a little
help regarding a Select control on a form. I was wondering is there a way
that when you have an Option with text that is too long to fit in the
specified width, whether there is a way that when the mouse hovers over it,
the whole text becomes visible?

Any help on this at all would be appreciated.

Thank you

Jul 23 '05 #1

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Hello, I am currently working on a web site for my company but need a little
help regarding a Select control on a form. I was wondering is there a way
that when you have an Option with text that is too long to fit in the
specified width, whether there is a way that when the mouse hovers over it,
the whole text becomes visible?

No, there is no way to do this in a cross-browser manner.

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Jul 23 '05 #2

Joakim Braun

"Dan Watson" <sh***********@hotmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
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Hello, I am currently working on a web site for my company but need a little help regarding a Select control on a form. I was wondering is there a way
that when you have an Option with text that is too long to fit in the
specified width, whether there is a way that when the mouse hovers over it, the whole text becomes visible?

Any help on this at all would be appreciated.

Thank you

If this is a "combo box" <select>, you could perhaps dynamically update the
<select>'s <title>, which shows up as a tooltip on some browsers (IE 6 Win
not being among them).

Joakim Braun

Jul 23 '05 #3

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