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How do you modify the width of fields in the dropdown brick?

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Stefano Demiliani 37,172 Most Valuable Professional on at

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You cannot programmatically control the width of a colum. This is applyed automatically accordingly to the field length.
Hannes Holst 5,767 on at

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Not sure if it will work with dropdowns but give it a try with below:

pageextension 50000 "My Extension of Item List" extends "Item List" { layout { modify("No.") { Width = 20; // the value represents number of characters } } }
dkkipfer 336 on at

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Thanks for the suggestion. I tried that first without success. It seems like the only extending you can do with bricks are adding fields via a table extension and the addafter property.

For dropdowns where we're selecting a part number, it would make sense to be able to see the whole part number without having to hover over the item with the cursor. I might suggest this as an idea if it hasn't already been submitted.
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It doesn't seem like the automatic control works very well. Or we should at least have the option to extend it if we need to override the default width. Many of our item numbers get cut off in the dropdown and users have to hover over the part to make sure they're selecting the right one.
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Hannes Holst 5,767 on at

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Hi Drew,

You have to apply the correct page that is used as your lookup.
For the Item Lookup, use the following:

pageextension 50000 MyExtension extends "Item Lookup" { layout { modify("No.") // column you want to modify { Width = 50; // enough space for 50 characters } } }

Works a treat for me:

And yes, auto-sizing of the column width does have an effect only when you resize the browser. So, it doesn't work in all situations, especially lookups.
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Item Lookup --- seems so obvious now. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!