Checkboxlist alignment

[Omar]

Hi,

I have a "checkbox list" with a few items. The problem is, that when the text for the item is too long it will change its alignment from let to centre automatically.

I need that text to stay left alignment no matter how long it is. 

Please see the attached image to understand what I mean.

Regards,

Omar

 

 

 

[Doncho]

Hi Omar,

You can use some custom CSS to modify the built-in appearance of the RadCheckBoxList in the desired manner.

To narrow down the issue, I would suggest inspecting the HTML elements and the styles applied to them. You can follow the suggestions in the first two points of the Improve Your Debugging Skills with Chrome DevTools blog post explaining how to inspect the generated HTML and check the applied styles for various elements. 

Once you know the styles you need to override, you can use the same style selector and add "html body " in front of it to make it more specific, "stronger". More on CSS specificity you can find here: 

• Specifics on CSS Specificity;
• CSS Specificity: Things You Should Know;
• Specificity - CSS | MSDN;

To learn more about CSS styling and using the Browser's developer tools, you may find the following videos useful: 

• How to Use the Chrome Inspector to Edit Your Website CSS - contains a Video
• Get Started With Viewing And Changing CSS
• Chrome Developer Tools Tutorial - Inspect and Test CSS 2019 - video
• Chrome DevTools for CSS - Better CSS Coding & CSS Debugging with Developer Tools - video
• Testing CSS Styles with Chrome Inspector Tool - video

Here is an example you can test as an idea:

<style>
    .container {
        border: 1px solid black;
        width: 450px;
    }

    .RadCheckBoxList .RadCheckBox {
        width: 100%;
        float: left;
    }

        .RadCheckBoxList .RadCheckBox .rbText {
            width: 80%;
            float: left;
            text-align:left;
        }

        .RadCheckBoxList .RadCheckBox .rbIcon {
            float: left;
        }
</style>

<div class="container">
    <telerik:RadCheckBoxList runat="server">
        <Items>
            <telerik:ButtonListItem Text="Lorem ipsum dolor " Value="1" />
            <telerik:ButtonListItem Text="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam vestibulum erat rutrum elementum accumsan. Sed semper magna vitae tincidunt dapibus." Value="2" />
            <telerik:ButtonListItem Text="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit." Value="3" />
        </Items>
    </telerik:RadCheckBoxList>
</div>

I hope this will give you an idea for applying further customizations to the output.

Please let me know if any questions come up.

Kind regards,
Doncho
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