Styled Dropdowns

by shanejones

HTML

<label>
    <select>
        <option selected> Select Box </option>
        <option>Short Option</option>
        <option>This Is A Longer Option</option>
    </select>
</label>

CSS

body, html {background:#444; text-align:center; padding:50px 0;}

select {
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  padding: 0.25rem 4rem 0.25rem 0.5rem;
  font-size: 1rem;
  margin: 0;
  background: white;
  border-radius: 0;
  outline: none;
  display: inline-block;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
     -moz-appearance: none;
          appearance: none;
  cursor: pointer;
}

@media screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 0) {
  select {
    padding-right: 18px;
  }
}

label {
  position: relative;
}

label:after {
  content: '';
  border-bottom: 2px solid white;
  border-right: 2px solid white;
  width: 7.5px;
  height: 7.5px;
  -webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
      -ms-transform: rotate(45deg);
          transform: rotate(45deg);
  right: 5px;
  top: 0;
  padding: 0;
  position: absolute;
  pointer-events: none;
  display: block;
}

label:before {
  content: '';
  right: 0;
  top: -6px;
  width: 20px;
  height: 28px;
  background: #ccc;
  position: absolute;
  pointer-events: none;
  display: block;
}