listbox width

**richy** · Feb 21st, 2001, 06:10 AM

Does anybody know a way to change the width of a select box in HTML? I've tried the usual like width=6000, but it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference. I know it stretches automatically depending on the size of the longest text, but for looks on the screen I want to make the box wider. Anyone got any ideas?

**Jerry Grant** · Feb 21st, 2001, 08:46 AM

Setup the width with the syle attribute:

Code:

<html>
   <head>
      <title>How wide do you want it!</title>
   </head>
   <body>
    <table width="100%" height="50%" border="1">
     <tbody>
      <tr>
       <td width="50%">My sizing list</td>
       <td>
        <select style="width:100%;height=100%" size="5">
         <optgroup label="">
                <option value="1">1st Item</option>
	<option value="2">2nd  Item</option>
	<option value="3">3rd  Item</option>
	<option value="4">4th Item</option>
	<option value="5">5th Item</option>
	<option value="6">6th Item</option>
         </optgroup>
        </select>
       </td>
      </tr>
     </tbody>
    </table>
    <p>This will size itself to the size of the table cell</p>
   </body>
</html>

**richy** · Feb 21st, 2001, 09:20 AM

thanks very much for that. may i just ask, what does the tbody do?

**Jerry Grant** · Feb 21st, 2001, 09:44 AM

If you specify attributes in the <TBODY> tag (Font, BGcolor etc.), then they will be used in the body of the table, then revert to the original page formatting after the </TBODY> tag.
This tag was added automatically by XMLspy which I used to build this example.

**richy** · Feb 21st, 2001, 10:00 AM

cheers very much for your time.

**sail3005** · Feb 21st, 2001, 11:45 AM

that listbox width is IE only (what isin't these days)

What browsers is <tbody> supported under? Will it work in NS 4.x?

**Jerry Grant** · Feb 21st, 2001, 12:06 PM

From MSDN:

This element is available in HTML as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 3.0, and in script as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0.

See the HTML 4.0 standards

**sail3005** · Feb 21st, 2001, 01:14 PM

thanks

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