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Simple Drop-Down Menu Problem

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Apr 01.2005

I have a simple drop-down menu on my site, kind of like:

[quote]

<form>
<select name=”cars”>
<option value=”volvo”>Volvo</option>
<option value=”saab”>Saab</option>
<option value=”fiat”>Fiat</option>
<option value=”audi”>Audi</option>
</select>
</form>

[/quote]

except with MUCH more links. Since it’s placed near the bottom of the page, it opens up to the top. Now what I want it to do is open to the [B]bottom[/B] , so I think I should decrease the number of links displayed when you open it up. The only attribute I can think of is “size=3” in the <select> tag, but that doesn’t make it drop down anymore.

Thanks for any help on this potentially stupid question. I hope this makes sense.

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@phpnoviceApr 01.2005 — Not a stupid question. This could be called a "failing" in the functionality given to the SELECT element. In other words... There is no attribute or CSS that will properly control the size, or drop direction, of the drop-down list itself. There is one hack that I've seen. This involves using the option grouping feature -- except you specify only a single group. Then you apply a CSS height setting to the option group. This hack appears to work in at least SOME other browsers -- but not IE.
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