topic Re: Why is the dropdown input width not increasing? in Dashboards & Visualizations

Why is the dropdown input width not increasing?

mwdbhyat — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 15:42:57 GMT

Hi there,

I am trying to use one of the other Splunk answers to increase the width of my dropdown menu. The width is kinda working - it pushes all the adjacent inputs further away from it but doesnt actually allow for longer text to be displayed in itself.

Here is the code I am using to trying:

      #dropdown_resize_input {
        width: 300px !important;
      }

      #dropdown_resize_input .select2-container {
        width: 100% !important;
        max-width: 100% !important;
        min-width: 100% !important;
      }

Any thoughts or other ways to increase the width of the dropdown in 7.2.1 ?

Thanks!

Re: Why is the dropdown input width not increasing?

vnravikumar — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 15:49:45 GMT

Try this, here resized_input is dropdown id

<row depends="$hide$">
     <panel>
       <html>
         <style>
           #resized_input  div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/Dropdown"]{
             width: 500px !important;
           }
         </style>
       </html>
     </panel>
   </row>

Re: Why is the dropdown input width not increasing?

mwdbhyat — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 15:57:05 GMT

Hi @vnravikumar - thanks I tried that from one of your other splunk answers but both methods give me similar results - it just creates a space the size of the pixel width between the dropdown input and the input next to it - doesnt actually extend the text field.

Re: Why is the dropdown input width not increasing?

mwdbhyat — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 15:59:12 GMT

..and actually sometimes it just goes over the adjacent input

Re: Why is the dropdown input width not increasing?

vnravikumar — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:16:07 GMT

check this

<form>
  <label>width</label>
  <fieldset submitButton="false">
    <input type="dropdown" token="field1" id="resized_input">
      <label>Dropdown</label>
      <choice value="1">One</choice>
      <choice value="2">Two</choice>
    </input>
    <input type="text" token="field2">
      <label>Textbox</label>
    </input>
    <input type="multiselect" token="field3">
      <label>Multiselect</label>
      <delimiter> </delimiter>
    </input>
    <input type="dropdown" token="field4">
      <label>Dropdown2</label>
      <choice value="1">Test</choice>
    </input>
  </fieldset>
  <row depends="$hide$">
    <panel>
      <html>
          <style>
            #resized_input  div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/Dropdown"]{
              width: 300px !important;
              margin-right: auto !important;
            }

         .fieldset .input{
          width:auto !important;
          }
          </style>
        </html>
    </panel>
  </row>
</form>

Re: Why is the dropdown input width not increasing?

mwdbhyat — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 17:57:04 GMT

Legend! Thanks !

Re: Why is the dropdown input width not increasing?

woodcock — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:33:41 GMT

This does not work for me on v7.3.

Re: Why is the dropdown input width not increasing?

niketn — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:14:53 GMT

@woodcock the step where id needs to be input is required i.e. for the CSS

         #resized_input  div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/Dropdown"]{
           width: 300px !important;
           margin-right: auto !important;
         }

to work the dropdown input should have id resized_input added manually:

        <input type="dropdown" token="field1" id="resized_input">

Re: Why is the dropdown input width not increasing?

niketn — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 18:40:26 GMT

Here is extension to @vnravikumar 's answer for changing width for all Splunk inputs (example increases the width from 200px to 300px.)

Following are the CSS Selectors. PS: each input needs to have corresponding ids added manually in SimpleXML.

      #resized_dd div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/Dropdown"],
      #resized_ms div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/MultiDropdown"],
      #resized_tb div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/TextInput"],
      #resized_tp div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/TimeRangePickerDropdown"],
      #resized_rg div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/RadioGroup"],
      #resized_cg div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/CheckboxGroup"],
      #resized_ll div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/LinkList"]{
         width: 300px !important;
         margin-right: auto !important;
      }
      .fieldset .input{
         width:auto !important;
      }

Where the inputs with IDs manually added would look like the following in SimpleXML.

   <input id="resized_rg" type="radio" token="tokRadio" searchWhenChanged="true">
   <input id="resized_cg" type="checkbox" token="tokCheckbox" searchWhenChanged="true">
   <input id="resized_dd" type="dropdown" token="tokDropdown" searchWhenChanged="true">
   <input id="resized_ms" type="multiselect" token="tokMultiSelect" searchWhenChanged="true">
   <input id="resized_tb" type="text" token="tokTextBox" searchWhenChanged="true">
   <input id="resized_tp" type="time" token="tokTime" searchWhenChanged="true">
   <input id="resized_ll" type="link" token="tokLink" searchWhenChanged="false">

Following is the complete Simple XML code for run anywhere example screenshot attached:

<form>
  <label>Splunk Input Width Adjustment</label>
  <fieldset submitButton="false"></fieldset>
  <row>
    <panel>
      <input id="resized_cg" type="checkbox" token="tokCheckbox" searchWhenChanged="true">
        <label>Checkbox</label>
        <choice value="a">Apple</choice>
        <choice value="b">Banana</choice>
        <delimiter> </delimiter>
      </input>
      <input id="resized_rg" type="radio" token="tokRadio" searchWhenChanged="true">
        <label>Radio</label>
        <choice value="a">Apple</choice>
        <choice value="b">Banana</choice>
      </input>
      <input id="resized_dd" type="dropdown" token="tokDropdown" searchWhenChanged="true">
        <label>Dropdown</label>
        <choice value="a">Apple</choice>
        <choice value="b">Banana</choice>
      </input>
      <input id="resized_ms" type="multiselect" token="tokMultiSelect" searchWhenChanged="true">
        <label>Multiselect</label>
        <choice value="a">Apple</choice>
        <choice value="b">Banana</choice>
        <default>a,b</default>
        <delimiter> </delimiter>
      </input>
      <input id="resized_ll" type="link" token="tokLink" searchWhenChanged="false">
        <label>Link</label>
        <choice value="a">Apple</choice>
        <choice value="b">Banana</choice>
      </input>
      <input id="resized_tb" type="text" token="tokTextBox" searchWhenChanged="true">
        <label>Textbox</label>
      </input>
      <input id="resized_tp" type="time" token="tokTime" searchWhenChanged="true">
        <label>Time</label>
        <default>
          <earliest>-24h@h</earliest>
          <latest>now</latest>
        </default>
      </input>
      <html>
        <style>
          #resized_dd div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/Dropdown"],
          #resized_ms div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/MultiDropdown"],
          #resized_tb div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/TextInput"],
          #resized_tp div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/TimeRangePickerDropdown"],
          #resized_rg div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/RadioGroup"],
          #resized_cg div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/CheckboxGroup"],
          #resized_ll div[data-component="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/LinkList"]{
             width: 300px !important;
             margin-right: auto !important;
          }
          <!-- Generic CSS to Apply changes for all Inputs.
          div[data-component^="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/"]{
             width: 300px !important;
             margin-right: auto !important;
          }
          .fieldset .input{
             width:auto !important;
          }
          -->
        </style>
      </html>
    </panel>
  </row>
</form>

PS: There is a bonus commented CSS in the Simple XML above which overrides the width of all Splunk Inputs in the dashboard (the same is listed out below):

          div[data-component^="splunk-core:/splunkjs/mvc/components/"]{
             width: 300px !important;
             margin-right: auto !important;
          }
          .fieldset .input{
             width:auto !important;
          }

Re: Why is the dropdown input width not increasing?

tomasmoser — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:48:20 GMT

Gregg, I need the same on 7.3.3 too! 🙂

Re: Why is the dropdown input width not increasing?

isaquetelus — Mon, 11 May 2020 19:41:01 GMT

@niketnilay - It works to resize the checkboxes but it's no to horizontal alignment.
I used display: inline-block !important;
Splunk v7.1
Thanks in advance!