Re: [OT] Difference in IE and Moz rendering of select lists

Jasen Betts said the following on 1/15/2006 2:05 AM:
> ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.lang.javascript.]
> On 2006-01-14, Randy Webb <HikksNotAtHome@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>Jasen Betts said the following on 1/14/2006 1:30 AM:
>>
>>comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets added to cross-post.
>>
>>
>>>On 2006-01-13, Randy Webb <HikksNotAtHome@aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>sean said the following on 1/13/2006 1:44 AM:
>>>>

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>>>>Then I would consider that a bug in FireFox's CSS Support if it is not
>>>>honoring your CSS Definition to set it at a particular width.

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>>That may be and having a "different policy" doesn't make it a bug in IE
>>unless there is something in a specification somewhere that says it
>>should do something different.

Read the above. Carefully.

>>And after re-reading the posts in this thread what I thought the OP was
>>referring to was not what I thought it was.
>>
>>comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets was added in the hopes
>>someone there can clarify which is right and which is wrong (if either
>>is wrong)
>>
>><select style="width:3em">
>><option>Option 1 with lots of content</option>
>><option>Option 2 with lots of content</option>
>><option>Option 3 with lots of content</option>
>><option>Option 4 with lots of content</option>
>><option>Option 5 with lots of content</option>
>></select>
>>
>>What the OP is referring to is that in IE all you will see is a list
>>that is 3em wide. Which is what I *explicitly* told it to do
>
>
> no... you told it to make the <select> in the form 3em wide

> If you asked for it to be 1em high should a dropdown 1em high
> appear with a scroll-bar?

If thats what you code it to do, then yes.

> the options appear above the form (as can be seen by the way they cover
> other items instead of forcing them out of the way)

Yes as a Select, and its Options, are a windowed element in IE

>
>>In Firefox when you click the down arrow, you will see the entire text.
>>
>>Adding a width style to the option does not change that behavior in IE.
>
>
> IE's css support is rather rudimetary...
>
>>The OP is claiming that as a bug in IE when its not. IE is doing
>>*exactly* what you are telling it to do and nothing more.
>
>
> not even that.

Yes it is. It is setting the Select to 3EM width. How is that not doing
what I told it to do and nothing more?

>
>>>set an explicit width for option,
>>>and also overflow: hidden ; padding-right:20px
>>
>>Did you test that before you posted it? It doesn't change the behavior.
>
>
> yes, I was talking about how to get mozilla to mimic my understanding of the
> recieved description of IE's behavior.

Adding overfloe:hidden; does not change Mozilla's behavior.
Must be a bug huh?
Adding padding-right:20px; also does not change Mozilla's behavior.
Must be another bug huh?

None of which changes the fact that what IE does with the code above is
not a bug unless something in the specificiations says it should.

-- 
Randy
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