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5 years ago
How do I keep a selectmenu drop down from hiding beneath the bottom of the dialog? In other words, isn't it customary for a drop down menu to show above the dialog?
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What dialog? You've shown us nothing. We aren't such good guessers.
Best to make a jsFiddle showing the problem.
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I GUESS you used some sort of modal popup? They are meant to show on top!
You can probably achieve what you want with some CSS that sets the z-index of the selectmenu higher than that of the popup.
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I thought it was clear. I have a selectmenu widget rendering within the modal dialog. But the drop down menu is being cropped below the bottom of the dialog.
I did some reading on SO and other blogs, and it seems that perhaps I need to set one or more z-index? I tried this but it didn't seem to do any good, or it got worse with the drop downs falling behind the selectmenu buttons.
Thoughts?
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Make your dialog first. Then make the selectmenus…
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>UI</title>
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
<link href="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.js"></script>
<script>
$(function(){
$("fieldset").dialog()
$( "#speed" ).selectmenu();
$( "#files" ).selectmenu();
$( "#number" )
.selectmenu()
.selectmenu( "menuWidget" )
.addClass( "overflow" );
$( "#salutation" ).selectmenu();
})
</script>
<style>
fieldset {
border: 0;
}
label {
display: block;
margin: 30px 0 0 0;
}
.overflow {
height: 200px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<fieldset>
<label for="speed">Select a speed</label>
<select name="speed" id="speed">
<option>Slower</option>
<option>Slow</option>
<option selected="selected">Medium</option>
<option>Fast</option>
<option>Faster</option>
</select>
<label for="files">Select a file</label>
<select name="files" id="files">
<optgroup label="Scripts">
<option value="jquery">jQuery.js</option>
<option value="jqueryui">ui.jQuery.js</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Other files">
<option value="somefile">Some unknown file</option>
<option value="someotherfile">Some other file with a very long option text</option>
</optgroup>
</select>
<label for="number">Select a number</label>
<select name="number" id="number">
<option>1</option>
<option selected="selected">2</option>
<option>3</option>
<option>4</option>
<option>5</option>
<option>6</option>
<option>7</option>
<option>8</option>
<option>9</option>
<option>10</option>
<option>11</option>
<option>12</option>
<option>13</option>
<option>14</option>
<option>15</option>
<option>16</option>
<option>17</option>
<option>18</option>
<option>19</option>
</select>
<label for="salutation">Select a title</label>
<select name="salutation" id="salutation">
<option disabled selected>Please pick one</option>
<option>Mr.</option>
<option>Mrs.</option>
<option>Dr.</option>
<option>Prof.</option>
<option>Other</option>
</select>
</fieldset>
</body>
</html>
JΛ̊KE
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Yes. On the open handler, that is where I make the selectmenus. They are making perfectly fine. The drop down is being cropped at the bottom of the dialog, regardless of whether I set z-index. Does it have to do with overflow? If not, then what?
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Probably not overflow.
Mine works because the dialog call moves & changes DOM elements Then the changes for selectmenu are done relative to the changes in the dialog.
Try calling selectmenu right after dialog.
If you can’t make it work, make a fiddle showing how your code is different from mine.
JΛ̊KE
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Appreciate the insight. Will follow up as it becomes necessary.
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