Support Article
WordWrap on dropdown value - dynamic select control
SA-32674
Summary
Users have need to word wrap the dropdown values - which are too long. Whenever the drop down value is too long it is creating a horizontal scroll bar and is going out of screen. The drop down value is configured using dynamic select control.
Error Messages
Not Applcable
Steps to Reproduce
- Create a Section.
- Create a property and use table list add values (Make sure the value is more than 200 chars)
- Configure the PromptSelect control with the property.
- At run time, user can see the width of the dropdown is huge and scroll bare appeared for the screen.
Root Cause
A software use or operation error
It is not a bug in PRPC. It is expected behaviour as per HTML control structure.
Resolution
Here’s the explanation for the reported behavior:
It is not technically possible to wordwrap the dropdown items because the average user mistakes each row for an option to choose, and it becomes bad user experience.
Published January 22, 2017 - Updated October 8, 2020
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