Set kendo ui dropdownlist width - user-interface

Question

I would like to use a kendo drop-down list, which has a fixed size since is constrained by other fields in the page, but when it shows the drop-down items of the list, the drop-down area should resize to the maximum length of the items. Sort of fixed width for the item displayed, but auto width for the drop down list.
Something like
|my choice | <-- fixed width displayed on the page
|next choice |
|previous choice | <-- dropdown area to select another item
|dummy |
Is this possible through CSS or drop-down list properties set through jQuery?

Answer 1

You can set the width of a DropDown List both using a CSS or using a method.
If the id of you DropDownList is my-dropdown then you should write:
Using CSS
#my-dropdown-list {
width: auto !important;
}
NOTE: We have appended -list to the original id. The "!important" is important since you want to overwrite original width definition.
Using a method
$("#my-dropdown").data("kendoDropDownList").list.width("auto");
In addition to use "auto" for getting the width automatically adjusted to the text, you can use a fixed width:
#my-dropdown-list {
width: 300px !important;
}
or:
$("#my-dropdown").data("kendoDropDownList").list.width(300);

Answer 2

The above answer didn't work for me. I have a the advantage of knowing that my dropdown is inside of a div.
<div class="myDivClass">
<select id="myDropDown"><option>First</option><option>Second></option></select>
<!--... other stuff in the div-->
<div>
I found that the span has the class k-dropdown so I added the CSS
.myDivClass span.k-dropdown {
width: 300px
}

Answer 3

What worked for me is to render an extra class on the base element:
<input .. class="ExtraLarge ..
Which produced:
<span style="" class="k-widget k-dropdown k-header ExtraLarge" ..
With this ExtraLarge class in place, this worked great in FireFox and Chrome:
span.k-dropdown.ExtraLarge
{
width:400px;
}

Answer 4

Using the following code to be the template of the kendo dropdownlist:
<div class="myDivClass">
<select id="myDropDown"><option>First</option><option>Second></option></select>
<!--... other stuff in the div-->
<div>
you will initiate the kendoDropDownList using jQuery as follows:
$("#myDropDown").kendoDropDownList().data("kendoDropDownList");
Now, to set this controller to take up the full width, what you have to do, is to set the width of the select element to 100%, or whatever is your desire.
e.g.:
<select id="myDropDown" style="width: 100%"><option>First</option><option>Second></option></select>
OR, is a css file:
#myDropDown { width: 100% }

Answer 5

If the id of you DropDownList is my-dropdown then you should write:
#my-dropdown-list {
width: auto !important;
-moz-min-width: 120px;
-ms-min-width: 120px;
-o-min-width: 120px;
-webkit-min-width: 120px;
min-width: 120px;
/*max-width: 210px;*/
}
Read the explanation below.
http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/controls/editors/dropdownlist/how-to/auto-adjust-the-width