Join the AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the Firefox leadership team to celebrate Firefox 20th anniversary and discuss Firefox’s future on Mozilla Connect. Mark your calendar on Thursday, November 14, 18:00 - 20:00 UTC!

This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

can I extend the width of auto-complete beyond form field itself?

pjstoermer
pjstoermer
more options

I have a form field that has a width of about 30. Often, the information entered is longer than 30 characters.

I use auto complete on my forms option.

Is it possible to extend the drop down of auto-complete-saved information beyond the 30 characters of the form-field itself? Sometimes the first 30 characters of more than one previously entered answer are the same.

The only way to know if I selected the right one is to just guess and then go to end and see if I picked the right one.

Thanks in advance.

I have a form field that has a width of about 30. Often, the information entered is longer than 30 characters. I use auto complete on my forms option. Is it possible to extend the drop down of auto-complete-saved information beyond the 30 characters of the form-field itself? Sometimes the first 30 characters of more than one previously entered answer are the same. The only way to know if I selected the right one is to just guess and then go to end and see if I picked the right one. Thanks in advance.

All Replies (1)

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
  • Moderator
more options

There are a few extensions that allow you to "drag" a textarea larger than what the web page specifies, but AFAIK those extensions only work with multi line textareas not with single line form textareas.

I have used this extension in the past, but it has been problematic in Firefox 3.6 versions. IIRC it didn't ever work with single line textareas, like in forms.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3818/

Never tried this one.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8287/

I didn't care for this one when I tried it a few years ago,
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/14371/