How to set width of textbox to be same as MaxLength in ASP.NET

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Published on 2010-06-10T22:34:24Z Indexed on 2010/06/11 1:13 UTC
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Is there a way I can limit the width of a textbox to be equal to the MaxLength property? In my case right now, the textbox control is placed in a table cell as in this snippet:

<td class=TDSmallerBold style="width:90%">
        <asp:textbox id="txtTitle" runat="server"
            CausesValidation="true"
            Text="Type a title here..be concise but descriptive. Include price."
            ToolTip="Describe the item with a short pithy title (most important keywords first). Include the price. The title you provide here will be the primary text found by search engines that index Zipeee content." 
            MaxLength="60"
            Width="100%">
        </asp:textbox>

(I know I should not use HTML tables to control layout..another subject for sure) but is there a way to constrain the actual width to the max number of characters allowed in the typed box?

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