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CSS Select Boxes

Welcome to our collection of CSS Select Boxes! Here, you’ll find a curated selection of free HTML and CSS custom select box code examples sourced from platforms like CodePen, GitHub, and other reliable resources. This collection serves as an update to our February 2021 collection, featuring two new select box items.

Whether you’re looking for a dropdown select box, a multiple select box, or a custom arrow design, you’ll discover a range of creative and functional examples.

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CSS Only Dropdown

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Pure CSS Select Box with Direction Aware Hover Effect

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Pure CSS Select Box

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Responsive Custom Select Box

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How TO — Custom Select Box

Learn how to create custom select boxes with CSS and JavaScript.

Custom Select Box

Create a Custom Select Menu

Step 1) Add HTML:

Example

Step 2) Add CSS:

Example

/* The container must be positioned relative: */
.custom-select position: relative;
font-family: Arial;
>

.custom-select select display: none; /*hide original SELECT element: */
>

.select-selected background-color: DodgerBlue;
>

/* Style the arrow inside the select element: */
.select-selected:after position: absolute;
content: «»;
top: 14px;
right: 10px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 6px solid transparent;
border-color: #fff transparent transparent transparent;
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/* Point the arrow upwards when the select box is open (active): */
.select-selected.select-arrow-active:after border-color: transparent transparent #fff transparent;
top: 7px;
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/* style the items (options), including the selected item: */
.select-items div,.select-selected color: #ffffff;
padding: 8px 16px;
border: 1px solid transparent;
border-color: transparent transparent rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) transparent;
cursor: pointer;
>

/* Style items (options): */
.select-items position: absolute;
background-color: DodgerBlue;
top: 100%;
left: 0;
right: 0;
z-index: 99;
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/* Hide the items when the select box is closed: */
.select-hide display: none;
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.select-items div:hover, .same-as-selected background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
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Step 3) Add JavaScript:

Example

var x, i, j, l, ll, selElmnt, a, b, c;
/* Look for any elements with the class «custom-select»: */
x = document.getElementsByClassName(«custom-select»);
l = x.length;
for (i = 0; i < l; i++) selElmnt = x[i].getElementsByTagName("select")[0];
ll = selElmnt.length;
/* For each element, create a new DIV that will act as the selected item: */
a = document.createElement(«DIV»);
a.setAttribute(«class», «select-selected»);
a.innerHTML = selElmnt.options[selElmnt.selectedIndex].innerHTML;
x[i].appendChild(a);
/* For each element, create a new DIV that will contain the option list: */
b = document.createElement(«DIV»);
b.setAttribute(«class», «select-items select-hide»);
for (j = 1; j < ll; j++) /* For each option in the original select element,
create a new DIV that will act as an option item: */
c = document.createElement(«DIV»);
c.innerHTML = selElmnt.options[j].innerHTML;
c.addEventListener(«click», function(e) /* When an item is clicked, update the original select box,
and the selected item: */
var y, i, k, s, h, sl, yl;
s = this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName(«select»)[0];
sl = s.length;
h = this.parentNode.previousSibling;
for (i = 0; i < sl; i++) if (s.options[i].innerHTML == this.innerHTML) s.selectedIndex = i;
h.innerHTML = this.innerHTML;
y = this.parentNode.getElementsByClassName(«same-as-selected»);
yl = y.length;
for (k = 0; k < yl; k++) y[k].removeAttribute("class");
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this.setAttribute(«class», «same-as-selected»);
break;
>
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h.click();
>);
b.appendChild(c);
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x[i].appendChild(b);
a.addEventListener(«click», function(e) /* When the select box is clicked, close any other select boxes,
and open/close the current select box: */
e.stopPropagation();
closeAllSelect(this);
this.nextSibling.classList.toggle(«select-hide»);
this.classList.toggle(«select-arrow-active»);
>);
>

function closeAllSelect(elmnt) /* A function that will close all select boxes in the document,
except the current select box: */
var x, y, i, xl, yl, arrNo = [];
x = document.getElementsByClassName(«select-items»);
y = document.getElementsByClassName(«select-selected»);
xl = x.length;
yl = y.length;
for (i = 0; i < yl; i++) if (elmnt == y[i]) arrNo.push(i)
> else y[i].classList.remove(«select-arrow-active»);
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for (i = 0; i < xl; i++) if (arrNo.indexOf(i)) x[i].classList.add("select-hide");
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/* If the user clicks anywhere outside the select box,
then close all select boxes: */
document.addEventListener(«click», closeAllSelect);

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