Changing Drop-Down Menu size

NiteSwimmer · 03-16-2008, 02:38 PM

I want to change the size of the Drop-Down menus in my current version of Internet Explorer. I know that the data for Drop-Down menu's is kept with the Autocomplete data in Protected Storage but the HTML code which I can access via the View-Source menu doesn't appear to hold any code for Drop-Down menu sizes anywhere. Where is the code for this stuff? Can anyone help me?

digitalslave · 03-16-2008, 07:42 PM

Well it all depends on what you are trying to do with this data. Are you just trying to create a form with a drop down menu in it? If so here is the code for the menu in html.

<select name="name_of_field"><option name=""></option>
<option name="Dave">Dave</option>
<option name="John">John</option>
</select>

This is does not change the width of your drop down menu though, HTML will automaticaly trim this down based on the widest entry in the menu listings.

Let me know if you need something else.

NiteSwimmer · 03-18-2008, 12:30 PM

I'm not creating a form. I want to change the code for Internet Explorer, the one thats already running. For example; if I'm on eBay and I start typing in the Search menu box, my previous searches appear in a drop-down list. Now the Autocomplete data that occupies this list is in Protected Storage but the code for the size of the drop-down list should appear in the Page HTML which I can access via the View-Source menu, but it doesn't seem to be there. I really just want to change the length of the drop-down list, so that it shows the whole list, not just a few and a scroll bar. Can you help?

**carsey** · 03-18-2008, 12:34 PM

I doubt that you would be able to change that. That will be in the websites code.

tomm174 · 10-14-2009, 05:03 AM

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Aardvark

03-16-2008, 02:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
NiteSwimmer Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6 OS: XPSP2	Changing Drop-Down Menu size I want to change the size of the Drop-Down menus in my current version of Internet Explorer. I know that the data for Drop-Down menu's is kept with the Autocomplete data in Protected Storage but the HTML code which I can access via the View-Source menu doesn't appear to hold any code for Drop-Down menu sizes anywhere. Where is the code for this stuff? Can anyone help me?

03-16-2008, 07:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
digitalslave Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cube Farm Posts: 3 OS: Win XP SP2 / Ubuntu 7.10 / RHE5	Re: Changing Drop-Down Menu size Well it all depends on what you are trying to do with this data. Are you just trying to create a form with a drop down menu in it? If so here is the code for the menu in html. <select name="name_of_field"><option name=""></option> <option name="Dave">Dave</option> <option name="John">John</option> </select> This is does not change the width of your drop down menu though, HTML will automaticaly trim this down based on the widest entry in the menu listings. Let me know if you need something else. __________________ Thank you, Digital Slave --Do we really need warnings that the lead in paint will kill you? Keep in mind that these people have already made a conscious decision to CONSUME PAINT!!!

03-18-2008, 12:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
NiteSwimmer Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6 OS: XPSP2	Re: Changing Drop-Down Menu size I'm not creating a form. I want to change the code for Internet Explorer, the one thats already running. For example; if I'm on eBay and I start typing in the Search menu box, my previous searches appear in a drop-down list. Now the Autocomplete data that occupies this list is in Protected Storage but the code for the size of the drop-down list should appear in the Page HTML which I can access via the View-Source menu, but it doesn't seem to be there. I really just want to change the length of the drop-down list, so that it shows the whole list, not just a few and a scroll bar. Can you help?

03-18-2008, 12:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
carsey Moderator, TSF Articles Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hunwick, Co. Durham England Posts: 10,678 OS: XP Pro SP3 My System	Re: Changing Drop-Down Menu size I doubt that you would be able to change that. That will be in the websites code. __________________ Submit New Articles Here

10-14-2009, 05:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
tomm174 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Vistarrgh	Re: Changing Drop-Down Menu size Greasemonkey or Aardvark Last edited by tomm174; 10-14-2009 at 05:33 AM.