How to change label width beyond 250 px. in MS CRM
December 17, 2010 by Geron Profet · Leave a Comment
Sometimes you want to create a questionnaire in MS CRM. See example:
However, in MS CRM the max label width within a section is 250 pixels. Fortunately, Mitch Milam found an interesting (unsupported) way how to increase the label width beyond 250 pixels.
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Follow the procedure below to change your column label width:
Step-by-Step
- Create a new section
- Click on tab Formating and select Fixed Width
- Choose Two Columns (2:1).
For some reason it only works with this Column Format and since it met my needs I didn’t bother to investigate why. - Enter a section name and click OK.
- Paste the function below in the OnLoad event and see example how to call it.
//****************************************************
function gResizeLabel(fieldname, labelcolwidth, datacolwidth){
/*
This function is used to increase to label width beyond 250 pixels in order to simulate a questionnaire
Params: fieldname - name of the field
labelcolwidth - width of the label cloumn in pixels (e.g. 60%)
datacolwidth - width of the data column in pxels (e.g. 40%)
Returns: nothing
Calls: nothing
Designed by: Geron Profet
Org. Design: Mitch Milam
Example: gResizeLabel('emailaddress1', '60%', '40%');
*/
if (document.getElementById(fieldname+'_c')){
var tableObj = document.getElementById(fieldname+'_c').parentNode.parentNode.parentNode;
if (tableObj){
var col0 = tableObj.getElementsByTagName("col")[0];
var col2 = tableObj.getElementsByTagName("col")[2];
col0.width = labelcolwidth;
col2.width = datacolwidth;
}
}
}
//Now call the function
gResizeLabel('emailaddress1', '60%', '40%');