IE 8.0.6001.18865 fails to update <select> field size

12-17-2009

IE 8.0.6001.18865 (win vista) fails to update <select> field size when the
change happens in css class change - text changes to larger but select field
itself keeps its original size. It works when javascript sets the font size.
Works in previous versions.

Test case:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<style type="text/css">
BODY, SELECT { font-size: 12px; }
SELECT.bigger { font-size: 40px; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p><a href="#" onclick="document.getElementById('tmp').className = 'bigger';
return false;">Test me</a></p>
<p><select id="tmp"><option>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA</option></select></p>
</body>
</html>

12-17-2009

Hi,

Check your settings - Internet Options, General tab, Accessibility button,
uncheck "Ignore font sizes specified on web pages"

If thatâ€™s ok, then try my style snippet (I use a class name of combobox)

..ComboBox
{
font-size:1em;
height:1.5em;
}

Ahem. thatâ€™s it. Just specify your size rules in em and add a height rule.

Regards.

"Allan Kikkas" <Allan > wrote in message
news:7915E93C-A7B3-4E22-8385-...
> IE 8.0.6001.18865 (win vista) fails to update <select> field size when the
> change happens in css class change - text changes to larger but select
> field
> itself keeps its original size. It works when javascript sets the font
> size.
> Works in previous versions.
>
> Test case:
>
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
> <head>
> <style type="text/css">
> BODY, SELECT { font-size: 12px; }
> SELECT.bigger { font-size: 40px; }
> </style>
> </head>
> <body>
> <p><a href="#" onclick="document.getElementById('tmp').className =
> 'bigger';
> return false;">Test me</a></p>
> <p><select id="tmp"><option>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA</option></select></p>
> </body>
> </html>
>

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