Is there an easier way to make DropDownList wider ?

[Richard]

The fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/RichardAD/VaKsq/ requires two css settings to change the width of a kendo drop down list.  Is there a better way ?

$selector.parent().css('width',MY_WIDTH) and
$selector.parent().next().css({'width':MY_WIDTH,'height':'auto'});

Thanks,
Richard

[Maxim]

Use CSS

.k-dropdown

{

    width: 28em;

}

[Volkan]

It would immensely beneficial if you included basic styling information like this in your documentation. I am happy I was able to find the answer, but I shouldn't need to look beyond the docs to find something like this. Its a waste of time on both parties. Kendo UI support has to waste time answering an easy question and users have to go searching for this type of info. 

[Maxim]

Being devils advocate... I am sure the documentation will improve over time. kendoui team is crating an excellent framework and considering that is less the a year old and free for non commercial use they have done an excellent job. At present I think their primary concern is to iron out as many bugs as possible ;)

[Volkan]

Actually I found the page that outlines this information. I just didn't look hard enough. 
My apologies to the kendo team. 

http://www.kendoui.com/documentation/ui-widgets/appearance-styling.aspx 

[Travis]

Sorry to say, a scant 2.5 years after this thread was active, the link provided by Volkan is now broken; just takes you to http://www.telerik.com/kendo-ui.

It's REALLY frustrating to see all the work that went into answering the question in the first place, now rendered invalid. 

The Kendo Products are mostly great. The Kendo Documentation team needs to take a refresher course on the term 'hyperlink'. The redirect to the homepage not only wastes all of our time, but destroys the google results for the topic, reducing further the visibility of the documentation. Truly unfortunate, and very frustrating for paying customers.

[Alexander Valchev]

Hello Travis,

Please accept my apology for the inconvenience caused. This thread is about 2 years old so the information inside is outdated.
Check this help topic instead:

• http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/web/dropdownlist/overview#customize-the-width-of-the-dropdownlist

Regards,
Alexander Valchev
Telerik

 

 

[Jacques]

How does one do that if one is using angular to auto generate a kendo grid with a dropdown in the filterRow?

[Alexander Valchev]

Hi Jacques,

I am afraid that I cannot suggest a build-in solution for this scenario.

Regards,
Alexander Valchev
Telerik