css only minimum select
HTML
<div>
<label for="animals" class="select-group">
<select id="animals" class="select">
<option value="1">dog</option>
<option value="2">cat</option>
<option value="3">bear</option>
</select>
</label>
</div>
CSS
.select-group
{
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
overflow: hidden;
box-sizing: border-box;
width: 100%;
padding: 0;
vertical-align: middle;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
background-color: #fff;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.select
{
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
line-height: 1.8;
display: block;
width: 120%;
padding: 0;
text-indent: 8px;
border: none;
border-radius: 0;
background-color: transparent;
background-image: none;
box-shadow: none;
-webkit-appearance: none;
-moz-appearance: none;
appearance: none;
}
.select-group:after
{
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 8px;
bottom: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
margin: auto;
content: '▼ああああ';
font-size: 36px;
}
div {
width: 300px;
height: 100px;
padding: 10px;
background-color: #eee;
}