setting select to width 100% disables select function on android 5.1.x and Nexus-7 (phonegap build)

Question

i've to work with phonegap build, cli 5.x and try to build a search form with several inputs, 3 of them are select boxes.

all works fine till i wanted to set the css of the select nodes to 100% with. If i enable this css the selection does not open any more.

My Android Device for testing that won't work is a Nexus 7 with Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). On IOS and Android Devices with 4.x all is working fine.

The language we use is Typescript with JQuery and will be compiled to Javascript ES5 (commonJS Style).

Sample Script:

var sampleData = [{"val": 1, "text": "sample A"}, {"val": 2, "text": "sample B"}];

var myContainer $('#content-box');

var selectBox = $('<select>').attr('id', 'mySelectBox');
selectBox.append($('<option>').attr('value', 'none').html('-- none --'));

for(var index in sampleData) {
  var obj = sampleData[index];
  selectBox.append($('<option>').attr('value', obj['val']).html(obj['text']));
}

// code above works fine

$('select').css('width', '100%'); 
// this crashes the popup after compilation
// and i have to use phonegap-build

by the way, if i have extreme long content going over 100% of the screen with it works. just stretching seems to crash.

i don't work with jquery mobile, some features we build won't work with it !!!

tried external css also, same failure.

somebody has a workaround or a fix for it? somebody can confirm this solution?

Answer 1

Try setting an id for the element you want to modify,

then try

$('#select').css('width', '100%');

if id="select"