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here is how you limit the width to 200px by modifying the first line to be like this : <br />

<pre><code id="code-20-40930639-1">&lt;select style=&quot;width: 200px&quot;&gt;</code></pre>
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here is how you limit the width to 200px by modifying the first line to be like this :


<select style="width: 200px">

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&lt;select id=&quot;myselect&quot;&gt;<br />
<br />
css:<br />
#myselect{width:200px; text-overflow: ellipsis;}
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<select id="myselect">

css:
#myselect{width:200px; text-overflow: ellipsis;}

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no. I want to limit the &lt;option&gt; not the &lt;select&gt;.<br />
It is just one of the &lt;option&gt; is too long/width
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no. I want to limit the <option> not the <select>.
It is just one of the <option> is too long/width

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well then instead of:<br />
&lt;select id=&quot;myselect&quot;&gt;<br />
use:<br />
&lt;option id=&quot;myoption&quot;&gt;<br />
css:<br />
css:<br />
#myoption{width:200px; text-overflow: ellipsis;}
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well then instead of:
<select id="myselect">
use:
<option id="myoption">
css:
css:
#myoption{width:200px; text-overflow: ellipsis;}

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select boxes are usually the width of it's longest option, unless otherwise specified. So you would need to specify a width for the select box, as Misbah suggested.
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select boxes are usually the width of it's longest option, unless otherwise specified. So you would need to specify a width for the select box, as Misbah suggested.

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I Just tested it on jsfiddle and it works.<br />
What browser do you use?
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I Just tested it on jsfiddle and it works.
What browser do you use?

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i have extremely option text in the last option and I want to limit to width to 200px.<br />
How can I do that?<br />
<br />
&lt;select&gt;<br />
&lt;option value=&quot;value1&quot;&gt;value1&lt;/opt<wbr />ion&gt;<br />
&lt;option value=&quot;value2&quot;&gt;value2&lt;/opt<wbr />ion&gt;<br />
&lt;option value=&quot;extremely_long_valu<wbr />e3&quot;&gt;extrem<wbr />ely_long_v<wbr />aluesdfgsd<wbr />fgsdgsdgsd<wbr />fgsdfgsdfg<wbr />sdfgsdfgsd<wbr />fsdfsdfgsd<wbr />fsdfsdfsdf<wbr />fagsgfadsf<wbr />gsdfgsdfgs<wbr />df3&lt;/optio<wbr />n&gt;<br />
&lt;/select&gt;
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i have extremely option text in the last option and I want to limit to width to 200px.
How can I do that?

<select>
<option value="value1">value1</option>
<option value="value2">value2</option>
<option value="extremely_long_value3">extremely_long_valuesdfgsdfgsdgsdgsdfgsdfgsdfgsdfgsdfgsdfsdfsdfgsdfsdfsdfsdffagsgfadsfgsdfgsdfgsdf3</option>
</select>

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