drop-downs not rendering on MAC OS 9 , IE 5.1

[kknusa]

Hello everybody , i hope you all are having a great day.
I have a problem with a drop-down list that doesn't render on this specific OS and the internet exploere 5.1.7 browser.
Other lists on the same page do render , the only difference betweeen this list and the others is the size of it. It's a pretty big list So is that a problem? on MAC OSX , IE5.2 it works so does it on safari

thank you

[Span]

Hi,
what is a "pretty big drop-down list"?
50 options?
500 options?

[Span]

Just made a drop-down list with 1000 options. Renders without any problem in IE 5.1.7 on MacOs 9.2.2

[kknusa]

the size is 3247

[Span]

3247, lol.. I hope I'll never have to use it.
Just did some testing, it seems about 2000 is max before it simply refuses to drop down.

[kknusa]

thnx man , trust me not my favorite thing to do , but when some people want it they want it , it's weird how the new version takes care of that , i guess that's why it's a new version

[kknusa]

i'm wondering if there is any alternative to do this , with the same OS and browser.

thanks again

[Span]

I made a drop-down with 3300 options in groups of 100 and that works fine. Takes a while to load though..

<select>
<optgroup label="group 0ne">
<option value="">one</option>
<option value=""></option>
<option value="">hundred</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="group Two">
<option value="">one</option>
<option value=""></option>
<option value="">hundred</option>
</optgroup>
</select>

[kknusa]

thank you very much , a very smart idea and works indeed thanks again i was thinking more of directing them to a different page and then accordingly make them select an option from a list.

But urs much better

thanks again