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how to handle long text in dropdownlist control in ASP.NET

I use VS2010, C# to develop ASP.NET web apps, sometimes my drop down contains long items which makes my combos big, is there any way that I can break large items into 2 (or more lines), so that my combo size is fixed?

Answer 1

You can not make it multiline. Instead you can make dropdown control fixed width and its dropdown(items) resize according to the content length

Try using CSS to add a fixed width to your dropdown, like:

select {width: 150px}

Whilst the dropdown itself will be of a fixed width and may not show all of the text, the option elements should expand to the width of the widest element.