JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Zonedark

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.5.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<div style="width:800px;height:800px;background:rgb(238, 238, 238);overflow: auto">
  <div class="container">
    <dl id="sample" class="dropdown">
      <dt><a href="#"><span>Please select the country<i class="fa fa-chevron-down testicon"></i></span></a></dt>
      <dd>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="#">Brazil<i class="fa fa-chevron-down testicon"></i><span class="value">BR</span></a></li>
          <li><a href="#">France<i class="fa fa-chevron-down testicon"></i><span class="value">FR</span></a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Germany<i class="fa fa-chevron-down testicon"></i><span class="value">DE</span></a></li>
          <li><a href="#">India<i class="fa fa-chevron-down testicon"></i><span class="value">IN</span></a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Japan<i class="fa fa-chevron-down testicon"></i><span class="value">JP</span></a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Serbia<i class="fa fa-chevron-down testicon"></i><span class="value">CS</span></a></li>
          <li><a href="#">United Kingdom<i class="fa fa-chevron-down testicon"></i><span class="value">UK</span></a></li>
          <li><a href="#">United States<i class="fa fa-chevron-down testicon"></i><span class="value">US</span></a></li>
        </ul>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </div>
</div>
 <span id="result"></span>

CSS

.container {
  width: 400px;
  margin-left: 30px;
  margin-top: 30px;
}

.testicon {
  position: absolute;
  right: 15px;
}

body {
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
  font-size: 0.75em;
  color: #000;
}

.desc {
  color: #6b6b6b;
}

.desc a {
  color: #0092dd;
}

.dropdown dd,
.dropdown dt,
.dropdown ul {
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 0px;
}

.dropdown dd {
  position: relative;
}

.dropdown a,
.dropdown a:visited {
  color: #816c5b;
  text-decoration: none;
  outline: none;
  position: relative;
}

.dropdown a:hover {
  color: #5d4617;
}

.dropdown dt a:hover,
.dropdown dt a:focus {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #00CC66;
}


/* @Main select bar */

.dropdown dt a {
  background: white no-repeat scroll right center;
  display: block;
  padding-right: 20px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #00FF66;
  width: 95%;
  -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 2px;
  -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 2px;
  -moz-border-radius-topleft: 2px;
  -moz-border-radius-topright: 2px;
  border-top-left-radius: 2px;
  border-top-right-radius: 2px;
}

.dropdown dt a span {
  cursor: pointer;
  display: block;
  padding: 10px;
}


/* @options */

.dropdown dd ul {
  background: white none repeat scroll 0 0;
  border: none;
  color: #C5C0B0;
  display: none;
  left: 0px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 2px;
  width: 100%;
  list-style: none;
  -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 2px;
  -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 2px;
  -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 2px;
  -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 2px;
  border-bottom-right-radius: 2px;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 2px;
}

.dropdown dd ul i {
  display: none;
}

.dropdown span.value {
  display: none;
}

.dropdown dd ul li a {
  padding: 5px;
  display: block;
}

.dropdown dd ul li a:hover {
  background-color: #66FF99;
}

.dropdown img.flag {
  border: none;
  vertical-align: middle;
  margin-left: 10px;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
 
   $(".dropdown dt a").click(function() {
     $(".dropdown dd ul").toggle();
   });

   $(".dropdown dd ul li a").click(function() {
     var text = $(this).html();
     $(".dropdown dt a span").html(text);
     $(".dropdown dd ul").hide();
     $("#result").html("Selected value is: " + getSelectedValue("sample"));
   });

   function getSelectedValue(id) {
     return $("#" + id).find("dt a span.value").html();
   }

   $(document).bind('click', function(e) {
     var $clicked = $(e.target);
     if (!$clicked.parents().hasClass("dropdown"))
       $(".dropdown dd ul").hide();
   });


   $("#flagSwitcher").click(function() {
     $(".dropdown img.flag").toggleClass("flagvisibility");
   });
 });