I have a page where the <select> is very screen right. it has little room to show the full name in the <option> so i do like "S - Summary". You only end up seen the S. When the dropdown happens, my clients wants to see the whole name. This works in FF, but not IE. Can i via CSS control the location of the options. Say move them left 50px. Thanks.

Can i via CSS control the location of the options. Say move them left 50px.

Yes, you can. Are you using CSS for the rest of your site ? You will probably have to add a bit more CSS than just the lines to move the select box.

i just want to move ONLY the <options> so that they do not show directly under the <select>, but off to the side

Ok, you can do that, but adding JUST the css to do that may not be sufficient to achieve the results you want.

LOTS of info on styling forms here: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=FormElements