Here is our simple select box/list :
This is the HTML code:
<select>
<option> Everything </option>
<option> Widgets </option>
<option> Tutorial </option>
<option> CSS3 </option>
<option> jQuery </option>
</select>
Very simple , basic and boring. There are certain elements of a select box that we can style such as the font, border, color, padding and background color:
But that annoying drop down arrow always stays the same. There is no direct way to do style it, but the workaround is pretty simple.
First we need to surround our select box element with a div container like this:
<div class="styled-select">
<select>
<option> Everything </option>
<option> Widgets </option>
<option> Tutorial </option>
<option> CSS3 </option>
<option> jQuery </option>
</select>
</div>
Now we'll add some CSS in it :
<style>
.styled-select {
width: 228px;
height: 34px;
overflow: hidden;
background: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JRz-bgAc-hcLVTK4jrgxxU5Vns_75MO_7pJ27Rcr3H2hHftuOzsxi4jeLTeb6jpZ_ZrY5x98VuwX2rvalWy7GbqrqfK3Ww475TgzfqsE3-qOJDljwGMa6oOxu1NnR2v1QV0O-YkUqQM/s1600/Select.png) no-repeat ;
border-radius: 10px;
}
.styled-select select {
background: transparent;
width: 228px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #CCC;
font-size: 16px;
height: 34px;
font-weight: bold;
outline:0px;
-webkit-appearance: none;
border-radius: 10px;
}
.styled-select option {
background: lightgrey;
width: 228px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #CCC;
font-size: 16px;
height: 34px;
outline:0px;
-webkit-appearance: none;
}
</style>
This will look like :
Knowing this little workaround will make it a whole lot easier to style your select box exactly how you want it to be styled using nothing but CSS.
