Impossible to set width for a SELECT element using CSS

Question

It is just me, or using CSS to specify the width of a SELECT element does not take effect (in IE at least)?

The only way I can get the width to apply is to set it like:

<select id="pageSizes" name="size" style="width: 45px">

My CSS is:

#pageSizes
{
    width: 45px
}

To clarrify, setting width on element works, using CSS and no width on element doesn't. — Alex Guerin
– Alex Guerin, Commented Jan 4, 2012 at 1:03
<select id="pageSizes" name="size" style="width: 45px"> you're missing the semicolon in the style after 45px. Should look like <select id="pageSizes" name="size" style="width: 45px;"> — Pancho
– Pancho, Commented Jun 13, 2014 at 9:54

canon · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-04 01:08:17Z

1

Works fine for me in IE9 and IE7 compatibility mode (fiddle):

<select id="pageSizes" name="size">
    <option>8.5" x 11"</option>
    <option>6" x 10"</option>    
</select>

css:

#pageSizes
{
 width:45px;   
}

[edit] Judging by the behavior you've described, wherein an inline-style achieves the desired result, you've probably got a conflicting css rule somewhere. So, show us all of your css.

edited Jan 4, 2012 at 1:08

answered Jan 4, 2012 at 1:00

canon

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Ansel Santosa Over a year ago

@xander-guerin Make sure you use the HTML5 DOCTYPE to throw IE into "Almost standards mode": <!DOCTYPE html>

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