Format a select dropdown with custom styles

by ShaCP

HTML

<div class="select">
  <div class="selected-option">Selected Option</div>
    <ul class="options">
      <li class="option">Option 1</li>
      <li class="option">Option 1</li>
    </ul>
  </div>

CSS

.select {
  border-top-left-radius: 5px;
  border-top-right-radius: 5px;
  box-shadow: 0px 0px 8px 2px black;
  position: relative;
  width: 300px;
}

ul {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

.selected-option,
.option {
  padding: 5px;
}

.options {
  background-color: white;
  width: 100%;
  outline: 1px solid black;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
  border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
}

.selected-option {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  outline: 1px solid black;
  background-color: white;
  border-top-left-radius: 5px;
  border-top-right-radius: 5px;
}