writing text makes box bigger code example
Example: text box expands as you type
(function(){
var min = 100, max = 300, pad_right = 5, input = document.getElementById('adjinput');
input.style.width = min+'px';
input.onkeypress = input.onkeydown = input.onkeyup = function(){
var input = this;
setTimeout(function(){
var tmp = document.createElement('div');
tmp.style.padding = '0';
if(getComputedStyle)
tmp.style.cssText = getComputedStyle(input, null).cssText;
if(input.currentStyle)
tmp.style.cssText = input.currentStyle.cssText;
tmp.style.width = '';
tmp.style.position = 'absolute';
tmp.innerHTML = input.value.replace(/&/g, "&")
.replace(//g, ">")
.replace(/"/g, """)
.replace(/'/g, "'")
.replace(/ /g, ' ');
input.parentNode.appendChild(tmp);
var width = tmp.clientWidth+pad_right+1;
tmp.parentNode.removeChild(tmp);
if(min <= width && width <= max)
input.style.width = width+'px';
}, 1);
}
})();