Approximately 200 or more SELECT boxes in HTML causes slow and unstable performance in Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Millennium Edition (265489)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 4.0, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 4.01, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 4.01 SP1, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 4.01 SP2, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5.01, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5.01 SP1, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5.5, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5.5 SP1, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5.5 SP2, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
This article was previously published under Q265489 SYMPTOMS
When approximately 200 or more SELECT elements are placed in an HTML page and displayed on Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft Internet Explorer speed and stability decrease.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because the operating system reaches its resource limits for window handles.
RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, redesign the HTML page so that Internet Explorer displays only some of the SELECT boxes at a particular time. For example, if you have a long form that contains many SELECT boxes,
separate the form into several pages and make sure that each page has no more than 50 SELECT boxes.
REFERENCES
For additional information about how to work around this problem, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
290102
How to use a few <SELECT> tags to implement a large table
For additional information about Windowed and Windowless elements, refer to the "Summary" section of the following article, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
177378
How the z-index attribute works for HTML elements
For more information about developing Web-based solutions for Microsoft Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/11/2006 |
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Keywords: | kbDHTML kbprb KB265489 |
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