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option tag entries appear in small font
Posted on 2016-09-22
I'm having a problem with the font size used in the <option> entries for <select> tags. No matter what I specifiy as the <select> font size, the <option> list seems to do its own thing. This happens in Firefox or I.E.
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
select { font-size: 22pt }
</style>
</head>
<body>
Testing Stuff
<select>
<option>The rain in Spain Falls Mainly in the Plain</option>
<option>Four score and 20 years ago our Fathers brought Forth</option>
<option>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</option>
</select>
</body>
</html>
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Not sure but I think you need to set the size on the option, not the select, something like:
<style type="text/css">
option { font-size: 22pt }
</style>
You may still need the "select { font-size: 22pt }", but without testing I don't think you do.
<style type="text/css">
option { font-size: 22pt }
</style>
You may still need the "select { font-size: 22pt }", but without testing I don't think you do.
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Try targeting the select's child options:
Here is a Fiddle Demo: https://jsfiddle.net/zephyr_hex/tggj3t42/
select > option { font-size: 22pt }
Here is a Fiddle Demo: https://jsfiddle.net/zephyr_hex/tggj3t42/
Active 1 day ago
giltjr: I tried option { font-size: 22pt}, didn't work.
zephyr_hex: That does appear to work on the fiddle demo, but not on my page. Where does that style line go?
here's what I have now:
zephyr_hex: That does appear to work on the fiddle demo, but not on my page. Where does that style line go?
here's what I have now:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
select { font-size: 22pt }
select > option { font-size: 22pt }
</style>
</head>
<body>
Testing Stuff
<select>
<option>The rain in Spain Falls Mainly in the Plain</option>
<option>Four score and 20 years ago our Fathers brought Forth</option>
<option>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</option>
</select>
</body>
</html>
Active today
Just tested this and it worked under FF 49.0
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
select { font-size: 22pt }
option { font-size: 22pt }
</style>
</head>
<body>
Testing Stuff
<select>
<option>The rain in Spain Falls Mainly in the Plain</option>
<option>Four score and 20 years ago our Fathers brought Forth</option>
<option>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</option>
</select>
</body>
</html>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
select { font-size: 22pt }
option { font-size: 22pt }
</style>
</head>
<body>
Testing Stuff
<select>
<option>The rain in Spain Falls Mainly in the Plain</option>
<option>Four score and 20 years ago our Fathers brought Forth</option>
<option>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</option>
</select>
</body>
</html>
Active 1 day ago
Actually, it is working on other computers, just not on a particular workstation I'm testing with. I reinstalled Firefox on that computer, but it didn't help. I see this font-shrinkage now only with Firefox, not IE. I'll try re-installing Firefox again and report back.
Active 1 day ago
I removed and reinstalled Firefox, and deleted the Firefox folders in AppData and I still have the problem on this computer only. I'll contact Mozilla and see if they know what's going on.
Active today
Make sure you F5 refresh when changing CSS elements. Firefox in particular will sometimes cache a page and not bring in the most recent CSS changes.
Active 1 day ago
This is apparently a known bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=910022, going back 3 years.
It showed up when these users were updated to version 49.0. Both users still have the shrunken fonts on <options>. This problem does not show up on 48.0.2.
It showed up when these users were updated to version 49.0. Both users still have the shrunken fonts on <options>. This problem does not show up on 48.0.2.
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