Set width of dropdown element in HTML select dropdown options

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I find the best way to handle long dropdown boxes is to put it inside a fixed width div container and use width:auto on the select tag. Most browsers will contain the dropdown within the div, but when you click on it, it will expand to display the full option value. It does not work with IE explorer, but there is a fix (like is always needed with IE). Your code would look something like this.

HTML

<div class="dropdown_container">
  <select class="my_dropdown" id="my_dropdown">
    <option value="1">LONG OPTION</option>
    <option value="2">short</option>
  </select>
</div>

CSS

div.dropdown_container {
    width:10px;
}

select.my_dropdown {
    width:auto;
}

/*IE FIX */
select#my_dropdown {
    width:100%;
}

select:focus#my_dropdown {
    width:auto\9;
}

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