It looks like you need a custom PropertySelection component, though i
dont think you can achieve
what you're after without javascript.

On the other hand, i wouldn't worry about the no js case - it'll just
behave exactly as it currently is.

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:18 AM, "christian bösch" <ch.boes...@gmx.ch> wrote:
> No, the width must be "60" because of the whole design of the page. I know 
> that i can increase the size of "200" or so but for the design is that really 
> bad.
>
> Firefox and other browsers do it very well and make the opend option as so 
> big as the biggest entry in there. Internet Explorer cut the entries and make 
> the openend options so width as defined in the select, also in version 7.0. I 
> have found several solution with javascript to build a new option tag with 
> "ul" tags etc. But i think tha'ts not a good solution. What happens when the 
> user has javascript disabled. And the implementation needs a lot of time.
>
> My question is there any other solution for that problem?
> Is there any solution with tapestry to build in other ways dropdowns? I use 
> normally the PropertySelection component. With the normal select and option 
> component i have the same problem.
>
> Any help is welcome.
>
> Kind Regardas
> Christian
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:16:37 -0500
>> Von: Norman Franke <nor...@myasd.com>
>> An: "Tapestry users" <users@tapestry.apache.org>
>> Betreff: Re: T4: IE Select options to small
>
>> It's probably not showing all of the information since you specified a
>> width of 60. Increase that to 200 or so. I put long entries in select
>> boxes all the time without problem in IE7.
>>
>> Norman Franke
>> Answering Service for Directors, Inc.
>> www.myasd.com
>>
>> On Dec 29, 2008, at 5:51 AM, christian bösch wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Everyone,
>> > I'm a new Tapestry user. I like tapestry it's very easy to build
>> > java webapplications. But i have one little problem.
>> >
>> > I have a select with option in there. the options are bigger than
>> > the select itself.
>> > Here is a little sample:
>> > <select style="width: 60px;">
>> >    <option>Test</option>
>> >    <option>This is a long Test, bla bla </option>
>> >    <option>this is a very long text, bla bla </option>
>> > </select>
>> >
>> > Now the problem is that the Internet Explorer are not showing all
>> > the informations in the option dropdowns. IE (also in new version 7)
>> > cut the entries. Firefox and all other browsers makes the options so
>> > big as the biggest entry. I have searched hours for any css style
>> > that can make the options in IE bigger. but i found nothing.
>> >
>> > I have found several otherl solutions for that problem, but all this
>> > solutions do the same. they making with javascript from the options
>> > tags html <li> and <a> tags and define the style over the css (e.g.
>> > list-style-type:none;).
>> > But i think thats not a good solution. Does anybody has a another
>> > solution for that little issue? Perhaps a IEPropertySelection
>> > component? Or something similar?
>> >
>> > I know it's not only a Tapestry Issue, but i deeply grateful for
>> > every input.
>> >
>> > Kind Regards
>> > Christian
>> >
>> >
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