Size of a drop-down menu

[nestor_cantu]

Im working right now at a website with a form that a user needs to fill in. Text fields have a size of 24 characters, so how can i make a drop down menu that appears above the text fields appear the same size so it looks aligned?

[gil davis]

You can either use CSS to size both, or use some script to set the width of the select equal to the width of the text box.

<select ... style="width: 100px">
...
<input type="text" ... style="width: 100px">

I don't know if 24 characters will fit into 100px, but you can figure it out.

[TJ111]

select {
width:25em;
}

em = character-size, its good to use that instead of pix for accessibility reasons (ie, poeple who have to use enlarged text).

[nestor_cantu]

thanks a lot!