Author Topic: Width of drop downs = can it be fixed in length (Read 2427 times)

petednz · June 15, 2009, 07:16:14 pm

Just realised one client is losing sight of the Search button on Find Contacts because the width of the drop down for Groups is being determined by the length of the name of the Group

Can these 'dropdowns' be altered so that the width of the box prior to selection is a fixed width, and that when clicked on the wider names show below it, extending beyond the right hand edge of the dropdown

I am sure a picture tells the story better - so currently get the upper version, am asking if the lower version is possible.

petednz · June 15, 2009, 07:21:36 pm

Maybe this picture of the overall objective is more helpful - the upper one pushes 'search' button beyond the screen requiring scrolling. only reason this happens is the 'group' dropdown width is determined by the longest item in the list, rather than by the 'title' of the dropdown (ie '- any group - )

Dave Greenberg · June 16, 2009, 12:43:21 pm

Peter - You can fix this by adding a css width directive to that field. The "big" class sets width to 15em.

In templates/CRM/Contact/Form/Search/BasicCriteria.tpl around line 137:

Code: [Select]

// replace this
        {$form.group.html}
// with this
        {$form.group.html|crmReplace:class:big}

I've made this change in core for 2.3 because we've heard other complaints about this particular form field.

petednz · June 16, 2009, 01:13:01 pm

THanks for solution and for fixing in 2.3

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