I'm wondering how you can change the size (width) of a select box. The reason being, I have this:

	<td align="center"/><select name="what" ><option selected="selected">Please Select</option><option>test</option><option>Test2</option></select></td>

.. it doesn't go wide enough for the 'Please Select' to fit in.

Help?

You COULD put in <select style="width: (width)px;">, but that would only widen it so far and as your text gets resized, your thing still won't fit.

Also, you don't need /> at the end of a <td> tag. The closing tag, </td>, is at the end. Maybe that's what's doing it.

Originally Posted by feraira

I'm wondering how you can change the size (width) of a select box. The reason being, I have this:

    <td align="center"/><select name="what" ><option selected="selected">Please Select</option><option>test</option><option>Test2</option></select></td>

.. it doesn't go wide enough for the 'Please Select' to fit in.

Help?

I wouldn't bother. Unless you do a JS selection, you'll get different width with every browser. Better adjust your design to it in it's default size.

Originally Posted by feraira

I'm wondering how you can change the size (width) of a select box.
.. it doesn't go wide enough for the 'Please Select' to fit in.

AFAIK by default the size of <SELECT> will expand as long as your longest text. In your case the problem might be in your column table width <TD>. Check your first row's column and table width.