Topic: Is there a way to have options wider than the width of the select box?

Jordan Mack pro asked 3 years ago


Expected behavior

I am looking to have the select options width be that of the option with the greatest length so the user can read all of the text (image shown below)

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Actual behavior

Instead, the options are cut off and aren't visible to the user

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Is there any way to do this with the current mdb Select?

Resources (screenshots, code snippets etc.)


Dawid Wajszczuk staff answered 3 years ago


Hi,

You can try adding this to your CSS

.select-option-text {
   overflow: hidden;
   overflow-wrap: break-word;
   width: 100%;
   display: inline-block;
   white-space: pre-line;
}

and then add something like data-mdb-option-height="100" to your Select element. Or the second solution would be to set the options dropdown width with:

.select-dropdown-container {
  width: 200px!important
}

Keep coding,
Dawid


Jordan Mack pro commented 3 years ago

Thank you for the reply. The first option did not work for me but the second option using width: auto !important; worked as needed.



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Specification of the issue

  • ForumUser: Pro
  • Premium support: No
  • Technology: MDB Standard
  • MDB Version: MDB5 3.10.0
  • Device: Intel x86
  • Browser: Chrome
  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04
  • Provided sample code: No
  • Provided link: No