Prevent select box from expanding when a lengthy option is selected

Currently, I am dealing with a dashboard that consists of multiple panels. Due to the abundance of information on the dashboard, each panel has a restricted width.

Within these panels, there is a table displaying certain users along with an Angular dropdown selector for adding more users.

The issue arises when selecting a user with a name longer than the width of the box. This causes the box to expand, subsequently pushing the panel and adjacent button out of place, sometimes even causing overlap.

Here's what the element looks like in the markup:

<td>
       <select chosen style="font-size: 75%" options="users" id="selectedTechnicianUser" ng-model="selectedUser" ng-change="addUser(selectedUser)" class="form-control" search-contains="true" display-selected-options="false" ng-options="<query...>">
       </select>
</td>

To address this issue, I would prefer if the long names were truncated with something like [Jonathan LEI...] inside the box, or by reducing the font size as I have tried before.

I would greatly appreciate any assistance with resolving this matter.

Answer №1

After dedicating some time to research and experimenting with various possibilities, I have come to a few valuable insights:

  • Given that I am utilizing Angular, it appears that adjusting the options of the <select> tag is not effective in this scenario: the tag generates a <div> which contains multiple other nested <div> elements. These elements are styled using CSS properties defined in the bower_components files.
  • Depending on the sequence in which the files are loaded, certain styles may overwrite previously configured parameters.
  • Certain attributes, such as my example with the width property, can receive a dynamic value (e.g., width: 100%;) along with the !important declaration, effectively overriding any other values assigned to the same attribute.
  • As pointed out by Dipnesh, implementing the text-overflow: ellipsis; option proves to be essential for this particular scenario. The challenge lies in determining where exactly to place it in order for it to fulfill its intended purpose successfully.

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