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Asked: 2026-06-16T05:30:58+00:00

So as you know if you have a select, it stretches the container to

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So as you know if you have a select, it stretches the container to accommodate the longest length option.

I have a truncate function that is basically a substr, length of 20, add periods to the end so it does not stretch it.

I have searched but either i am not searching right or it doesn’t exist, but i want to be able to click on the select and it show the entire option OVER the page and not push the surrounding elements. A position fixed so to speak, except not because i dont want the page to scroll around the select.

Anyone know of any plugins or anything that do this?

EXAMPLE

This is a really…

This is done so it does not stretch the entire TD element it is in. Now when i click on the select to view the choices, i would like it to actually show

This is a really long sentence that was truncated.

HOWEVER i do not want it to push the TD cell’s width when displaying it, so a hide/show of different select menus would not work, as that would push the width.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’m not sure if this is a stupid answer. But have you tried position:absolute;?
    CSS does some wonderful tricks.

    Also, the periods at the end of a sentence can be done wih css, using white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; overflow: hidden.

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