Hi there,
I am reconstructing a dropdown menu similar to a <select>
box using div's and jquery. The div containing the dropdown items should have a minimum width, but no maximum width as it should grow along with the widest item in the list (so if i have very long item like '[This is the longest item within the container]', the whole container should be as wide as this entry.
Now I almost got what I want, using white-space:nowrap
for each item within the container, so that the text of an item won't continue on a new line. The problem using is the text flows out of the box using, instead of letting the box grow along the text. I can't figure out how to fix this problem. I already tried text-overflow:ellipsis
but that appears to just hide the overflown text and adding three dots (...) at the end.
So here is my problem in a nutshell: how can I let a div grow along with the text inside of it, when white-space:nowrap
is applied on it, instead of letting the text flow out of it? I don't want to hide the text using overflow:hidden
, I want to show the entire string..
Thanks in advance!