Custom <select>s with CSS3

by akang2

HTML

<label>

<select class="mySelect">
    <option>Sushi</option>
    <option>Sashimi</option>
    <option>Cancer</option>
    <option>Chicken</option>
</select>
    
</label>

CSS

.mySelect, .mySelect option {
    background: transparent;
    width: 268px;
    padding: 5px;
    font-size: 16px;
    border: 1px solid #b3b3b3;
    color: #9a9a9a;
    height: 34px;
    position: relative;
background: #ffffff; /* Old browsers */
/* IE9 SVG, needs conditional override of 'filter' to 'none' */
background: url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #ffffff 0%, #d0d1d1 85%, #b5b5b5 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#ffffff), color-stop(85%,#d0d1d1), color-stop(100%,#b5b5b5)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  #ffffff 0%,#d0d1d1 85%,#b5b5b5 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  #ffffff 0%,#d0d1d1 85%,#b5b5b5 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  #ffffff 0%,#d0d1d1 85%,#b5b5b5 100%); /* IE10+ */
background: linear-gradient(to bottom,  #ffffff 0%,#d0d1d1 85%,#b5b5b5 100%); /* W3C */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#b5b5b5',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-8 */

    -webkit-appearance:none;
    -moz-appearance:none;
    appearance:none;
    -webkit-border-radius: 4px 4px 4px 4px;
    -moz-border-radius: 4px 4px 4px 4px;
   ...

JavaScript

//montagable select box style