Title: drop down menu width
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# drop down menu width

 *  [omjn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/omjn/)
 * (@omjn)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-down-menu-width/)
 * hi
    New to WP, migrated from greymatter. I managed to get my head around the 
   drop down category and archive code and get it working, which is a bit of a feat
   for a noob like me. Anyhow, I was just wondering if there is a tag or parameter
   to make both of these dropdowns the same size. Also, I can’t seem to get the 
   links list to play nice in terms of maintaining a set width. Any pointers? cheers
   michael

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 *  [Sushubh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sushubh/)
 * (@sushubh)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-down-menu-width/#post-46044)
 * u can use css to define the width of the drop downs!
    ` select{ width: 20mm; {
 *  [Sushubh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sushubh/)
 * (@sushubh)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-down-menu-width/#post-46270)
 * adding the code in the css file should do the trick…
 *  [sodafizz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sodafizz/)
 * (@sodafizz)
 * [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-down-menu-width/#post-46949)
 * I have a drop-down categories menu in the lefthand column at [http://featuringdave.com/logicalmeme/](http://featuringdave.com/logicalmeme/).
 * 1) Is there a way to narrow the width of this drop-down, or to “force� it
   to stay within the width of the sidebar? The code I’m using is:
 * <!-- CATEGORIES -->
 * <h2 class="coltitle">Categories</h2>
    - <div id="menu-left">
       <form action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF ?>" method="get">
      <?php dropdown_cats() ?> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="view"/>
      </form>
 * <! -- END OF CATEGORIES -->
 * 2) How do I get the category items to be alphabetized? Ideally, I’d like the
   category items to be listed alphabetically by parent category, then child category.

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-down-menu-width/#post-46949)
 * Status: not resolved

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