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ASP.NET change font size of a dropdownlist programatically

Seems like the only way to get the text size of a dropdownlist to change is by using the Font-Size="X-Small" attribute in the aspx file. Well, I'm building some dropdownlists in my code behind file (VB) and I can't seem to find that property or any other way to alter the font size of a dropdownlist when creating one dynamically.

Dim ddl As DropDownList = New DropDownList
        ddl.ID = "RestaurantFilter"
 
        Dim li As ListItem = New ListItem
        li.Text = "View All Restaurants"
        li.Value = "all"
        li.Selected = True
        ddl.Items.Add(li)
 
        li = New ListItem
        li.Text = "View Open Restaurants Only"
        li.Value = "open"
        ddl.Items.Add(li)

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dipakdave1983

all u can do is set class of dropdown.

so it will be like this

if(condtion true)
dropdown.attributes.add('class","smooth_css"); //smooth_css is css class
else
dropdown.attributes.add('class","hard_css"); //hard_css is css class

josephdaviskcrm

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I of course had already tried it, but when I tried it before I used font-size:8px; instead of font-size:8pt; So it didn't work. Using 'pt' works. Thanks.

apresto

No problem, happy to help
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jjamstrong

try this
Dim ddl As DropDownList = New DropDownList
ddl.Font.Size = "X-Large"

apresto

You could use that, but what defines C-Large, you have alot more flexibility using CSS, stick with that :)
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