Horizontal scroll bars for Dropdownlist and Listbox which contains databound values

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I have a dropdownlist like

<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlEducation"  runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" AppendDataBoundItems="True" CssClass="JobseekerRegistrationDropDownList" Width="200px" DataTextField="EducationLevelName" DataValueField="EducationLevelID" OnSelectedIndexChanged="ddlEducation_SelectedIndexChanged" Font-Size="11px">

I dont want to increase the width of the Dropdownlist. I want to know how to put horizonatal scroll bar to drop down list server control so that if content size is more than the actual size of the drop down list we can scroll and look the content

Posted 8-Feb-11 17:12pm

RekhaPrathap22

Updated 8-Feb-11 17:32pm

TweakBird

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m@dhu · Answer 1 · 2011-02-08T18:02:00

Solution 1

AFAIK scroll bar is not possible for standard dropdown control.
Similar discussion[^]
check for Listbox and html [^]

Posted 8-Feb-11 18:02pm

m@dhu

Albin Abel · Answer 2 · 2011-02-08T18:21:00

Solution 2

This article may help

Horizontal scroll bar in a combo box or a listbox with up/down arrow key press functionality[^]

Posted 8-Feb-11 18:21pm

Albin Abel