wordwrap in dropdown menu

[patator]

Hello,

 

I'm trying to find a solution to split on different rows a long text being displayed in pulldown menu.

I tried the following but it didn't work

 

// Output a form pull down menu
 function tep_draw_pull_down_menu3($name, $values, $default = '', $parameters = '',$required = false) {
$field = '<select id="' . tep_output_string($name) . '" name="' . tep_output_string($name) . '"onChange="majOption(this)"';

if (tep_not_null($parameters)) $field .= ' ' . $parameters;

$field .= '>';

if (empty($default) && isset($GLOBALS[$name])) $default = stripslashes($GLOBALS[$name]);
$field.='<option value="SELECTION">'.SELECT.'</option>';
for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($values); $i<$n; $i++) {

  $field .= '<option value="' . tep_output_string($values[$i]['id']) . '"';
  if ($default == $values[$i]['id']) {
	$field .= ' SELECTED';

  }

///HERE IS THE WRAPPING/////

$test=wordwrap ($values[$i]['text'],5,"<BR />", 1);



  //$field .= '>' . tep_output_string($test, array('"' => '"', '\'' => ''', '<' => '<', '>' => '>')) . '</option>';
$field .= '>' . $test .'</option>';
}
$field .= '</select>';

if ($required == true) $field .= TEXT_FIELD_REQUIRED;

return $field;
 }

 

Any idea how could I do ?

 

Thanks

Pat

[patator]

sorry to bump again

 

If the wordwraping is not possible in a dropdown menu , what would you advice :

 

- use a tooltip, but the question is how to implement a tooltip on a pulldown menu?

 

- some javascript like the pc creator contrib (I don't understand how the list is created).

 

 

Thanks for your help

Patrice

:'(

[♥Monika in Germany]

Hi Patrice,

 

in all cases where the dropdowns got too long for my design, I resorted to radio buttons ... if you have many, you would need to have consider a div in which you can scroll ... maybe someone on here has such a code ready!

[patator]

Hello Monica

 

thanks for your answer..always on this forum helping people as I can see :)

 

I have too many entries for radio buttons (Under test)

 

I read somewhere that it would be possible to use div + onmouseover in select options, but I don't know how to proceed.

 

The best solution is obviously what has been developed for PC creator...but too far complicated to understand for me.

 

Patrice

Hi Patrice,

 

in all cases where the dropdowns got too long for my design, I resorted to radio buttons ... if you have many, you would need to have consider a div in which you can scroll ... maybe someone on here has such a code ready!