"Nathan Sokalski" wrote:

> When a DropDownList is rendered, the <option> tags are all rendered on
> separate lines, as follows:
>
>         <option value="mon">Monday</option>
>         <option value="tues">Tuesday</option>
>         <option value="wed">Wednesday</option>
>         <option value="thur">Thursday</option>
>         <option value="fri">Friday</option>
>
> Notice that each <option> tag is not only on its own line, but is indented
> as well. Why is this extra space rendered? It increases the download size of
> the page (maybe only a little, but if a page has a lot of DropDownLists with
> a lot of options, such as a page with multiple DropDownLists for states, it
> can be a lot) for no reason (at least not that I know of). Is there any easy
> way to avoid this extra space? I'm not trying to complain, I just don't see
> the point in increasing download size for no reason.
> --
> Nathan Sokalski
> njsokal***@hotmail.com
> http://www.nathansokalski.com/
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