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Drop down list with vertical scrollbars

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  • 30-11-2007 11:25am
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    lukin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭


    I have come across something in ASP.NET that has really amazed (and irritated) me: the vertical scrollbar on the drop down list control cannot be re-sized, it stays the same height as the amount of items that are to be displayed.
    Please don't suggest entering a "height" attribute as I have done so already to no effect (makes you wonder what the point of it is so). I have tried using a div as well; no good.
    I have a drop down list on my page that displays all the counties in Ireland but it looks terrible as it displays them all at once when you click on it, going from the top of the screen to the bottom:
    Page before drop down is clicked:
    http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs121&d=07485&f=scrollbar_prob_2.png

    Page after drop down is clicked:
    http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs321&d=07485&f=scrollbar_prob_4.png

    I have seen an example of what I want, which is the Ajax CascadingDropDownList control but that only works in conjunction with an ASP drop down list control (ie it is populated by what is selected from the ASP drop down list control):
    http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs121&d=07485&f=scrollbar_fixed.png

    I could change it to an ordinary List box control but that doesn't look as good.
    Is there a drop down with vertical scrollbars that can be created in javascript?

    Edit; I think I've found a solution in a third party control by a company called Telerik:
    http://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet/controls/combobox/overview.aspx


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