Kendo UI
jQuery + Kendo UI + MockJax + Knockout
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.3.1129/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.3.1129/styles/kendo.blueopal.min.css">
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.3.1129/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<select id="size">
<option>is</option>
<option>This is a really really really really long option. Testing.</option>
</select>
JavaScript
$("#size").kendoDropDownList();
// get reference to the DropDownList
var dropdownlist = $("#size").data("kendoDropDownList");
// set width of the DropDownList
dropdownlist.list.width(500);