Allow Variable Width Fields

From PikaDocs

As of Pika version 3.04, most data entry fields are configured to have a uniform width. This allows more fields to fit in a smaller space, and provides the screens with a more orderly appearance.

Some web browsers, including Internet Explorer, take the width setting a step too far and will set the width of the field's menu to the same width as the field itself. So if you have long descriptions for options on your menus, these labels will be truncated if you access the site using Internet Explorer. If you use Firefox, for example, the menus are displayed full-size, even if the field itself is small.

If your program does not use a browser that handles the fixed width menu fields correctly, and you have menus that are being truncated, it is simple to disable the feature in Pika. You open Pika's primary CSS file (css/danio.css) in a text editor, and comment out the line that is affecting the menus. The section that controls field width starts at line 165 and ends at line 266.

If you want to disable fixed-width fields completely, just delete this entire section.

If you only want to disable fixed-width menu fields, delete only the lines that include the "select" keyword, like this:

.de select {
	width: 14.5em;
}

When you are done editing the danio.css file, remember to save a copy of the file to your custom folder so your customization is saved the next time you upgrade.

-Aaron