ComboBox - expands as text is entered on IE

[guest]

As you type text past the visible width, the input field expands. This is not how the native field behaves and it causes layout problems.

[bill]

Right, same issue as #4711. Don't think I'll have time to fix for 1.0 although I'd like to.

[guest]

Not until 1.1...ouch. This seems like a bad bug as in many forms you expect control over the width of the fields, having them change as a user selects different values from the dropdown is really ugly, especially if you have objects on the right side that you want to keep aligned.

[bill]

Yes, I agree. Please provide a patch to fix the problem.

[guest]

possible fix

[guest]

just uploaded a possible fix, not sure if it's the best approach though as it hard codes some widths that might make customization more difficult. Tested in IE and FF, fixes issue but makes the tall combo box (in test) look a little off.

[bill]

Well, thanks for looking at that. The goal of using the table though is to be able to specify an outer width for the control, which is split between the input area and the button (giving as much of the width as possible to the input). If we hardcode widths then we lose that ability.

I think you can avoid this problem altogether by assigning an exact width to the <input> box (rather than the width=100% percentage), and setting the table's width to auto, but then it's hard to control the outer width of the control.

Also, you can workaround the problem by setting the maxlength parameter, to prevent people from typing enough text to overflow the input control (thus causing it to expand).

[guest]

the input will still grow as the user specifies different widths, by customization I mean using a different drop down arrow or something (which might be wider then 25px).

[bill]

Will check in fix from Doug.

[Douglas Hays]

Dup of #4711.