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HTML

<div>
    <em>Into This</em>
    <select data-placeholder="Choose a Country..." class="chosen-select" style="width:350px;" tabindex="2">
            <option value=""></option>
            <option value="">Some values</option>
            <option value="">Add new record</option>
    </select>
 </div>

CSS

/*!
Chosen, a Select Box Enhancer for jQuery and Prototype
by Patrick Filler for Harvest, http://getharvest.com

Version 1.3.0
Full source at https://github.com/harvesthq/chosen
Copyright (c) 2011-2014 Harvest http://getharvest.com

MIT License, https://github.com/harvesthq/chosen/blob/master/LICENSE.md
This file is generated by `grunt build`, do not edit it by hand.
*/

/* @group Base */
.chosen-container {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: middle;
  font-size: 13px;
  zoom: 1;
  *display: inline;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -moz-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
}
.chosen-container * {
  -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
.chosen-container .chosen-drop {
  position: absolute;
  top: 100%;
  left: -9999px;
  z-index: 1010;
  width: 100%;
  border: 1px solid #aaa;
  border-top: 0;
  background: #fff;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
}
.chosen-container.chosen-with-drop .chosen-drop {
  left: 0;
}
.chosen-container a {
  cursor: pointer;
}

/* @end */
/* @group Single Chosen */
.chosen-container-single .chosen-single {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 0 0 0 8px;
  height: 25px;
  border: 1px solid #aaa;
  border-radius: 5px;
  background-color: #fff;
  background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 50% 0%, 50% 100%, color-stop(20%, #ffffff), color-stop(50%, #f6f6f6), color-stop(52%, #eeeeee), color-stop(100%, #f4f4f4));
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #ffffff 20%, #f6f6f6 50%, #eeeeee 52%, #f4f4f4 100%);
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ffffff 20%, #f6f6f6 50%, #eeeeee 52%, #f4f4f4 100%);
  background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #ffffff 20%, #f6f6f6 50%, #eeeeee 52%, #f4f4f4 100%);
  background: linear-gradient(top, #ffffff 20%, #f6f6f6 50%, #eeeeee 52%, #f4f4f4 100%);
  background-clip: padding-box;
  box-shadow: 0 0 3px white inset, 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
  color: #444;
  text-decoration: none;
 ...

JavaScript

/*!
Chosen, a Select Box Enhancer for jQuery and Prototype
by Patrick Filler for Harvest, http://getharvest.com

Version 1.3.0
Full source at https://github.com/harvesthq/chosen
Copyright (c) 2011-2014 Harvest http://getharvest.com

MIT License, https://github.com/harvesthq/chosen/blob/master/LICENSE.md
This file is generated by `grunt build`, do not edit it by hand.
*/

(function() {
  var $, AbstractChosen, Chosen, SelectParser, _ref,
    __hasProp = {}.hasOwnProperty,
    __extends = function(child, parent) { for (var key in parent) { if (__hasProp.call(parent, key)) child[key] = parent[key]; } function ctor() { this.constructor = child; } ctor.prototype = parent.prototype; child.prototype = new ctor(); child.__super__ = parent.prototype; return child; };

  SelectParser = (function() {
    function SelectParser() {
      this.options_index = 0;
      this.parsed = [];
    }

    SelectParser.prototype.add_node = function(child) {
      if (child.nodeName.toUpperCase() === "OPTGROUP") {
        return this.add_group(child);
      } else {
        return this.add_option(child);
      }
    };

    SelectParser.prototype.add_group = function(group) {
      var group_position, option, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
      group_position = this.parsed.length;
      this.parsed.push({
        array_index: group_position,
        group: true,
        label: this.escapeExpression(group.label),
        children: 0,
        disabled: group.disabled,
        classes: group.className
      });
      _ref = group.childNodes;
      _results = [];
      for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
        option = _ref[_i];
        _results.push(this.add_option(option, group_position, group.disabled));
      }
      return _results;
    };

    SelectParser.prototype.add_option = function(option, group_position, group_disabled) {
      if (option.nodeName.toUpperCase() === "OPTION") {
        if (option.text !== "") {
          if (group_position != null) {
           ...