combobox internal padding

["Medora Schauer" <mschauer fairfield com>]

I'm using a 2.1 combobox and I want to make it as small as possible and
still have Sans 8 characters visible in it.  The problem I'm having is
that when I reduce the height of the combobox the characters of the
active selection get clipped at the bottom.  The characters are getting
squeezed into a small area in the center with used area above and below,
like there is some interior padding being enforced. I can't find any way
to get rid of this padding (if that is what it is).

 

Can anyone help out?

 

Medora Schauer