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

pjstoermer
pjstoermer
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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.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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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/