Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on 10/08/06 16:26

Scripsit effendi@epitome.com.sg:

> I am trying to size an input control for a form. I sized it to
> "size=100" .

A hundred characters is quite a lot.

> It look fine in IE

I don't believe you. Show us the URL.

> but its seems longer in Firefox.

That's not surprising. <input size="100"> means that the width is 100 times
the "average width" of character - a sloppy concept, with many plausible and
even more implausible interpretations.

> I tried to change it to size=100%. but it doesnt change.

<input size="100%"> violates HTML specifications, so all bets are off. (It
is not invalid, though, unless you use a customized DTD.)

> The input control is placed in the table cell.

Why, oh why?

> How do I make it
> "equal" in the different browsers?

Why should it be "equal"? Do you expect people to compare its appearance on
different browsers and sue you if they detect a difference?

You _might_ want to use <input style="width:100%"> or something similar.
This is at least a possible solution. Maybe you have a question for it.

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Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

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