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- Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 06:12:56 +0000
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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12245 --- Comment #24 from Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com> 2011-05-13 06:12:55 UTC --- (In reply to comment #23) > > I can already calculate how much space I have available > > through other means and if I want to stay within the height of a video element > > or an iframe or whatever, I have that height. I also have the height of each > > entry in the drop-down. So, if I can tell the browser how many items I want to > > display maximum, then I can limit the size to whatever I need. > > How are you getting the height of a entry in the drop-down? I guess > getComputedStyle on a individual <option> could work, though I'm not sure that > that gives the right value in implementations that doesn't use CSS to display > the dropdown, such as the one in Safari. I'm also not sure that it'll work > while the items aren't displayed, such as when the dropdown is not expanded, > since there won't be any frames for it. We could require that to work of > course... > > If the use-case is to ensure that the dropdown is a given size in pixels (or > mm), such that it can "stay within the height of a video element or an iframe > or whatever", it seems weird to me though require the page to first calculate > the size of each individual item, then divide the desired height by the item > height, and finally to set the size expressed in items. Not to mention the pain > if <option>s can be differently sized... > > Seems much simpler to be able to set the size in pixels (or mm) in the first > place. OK, fine by me. That does solve the problem. -- Configure bugmail: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug.
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