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I am trying to style a select option dropdown list. Is it possible to make the font-sizes of the options different from the default value?
For example, the default:
-- Select Country --
Would be size 7pt; and one of the options,
Georgia
Would be size 13pt.
This is my dropdown list:
.select_join {
width: 170px;
height: 28px;
overflow: hidden;
background: url('http://s24.postimg.org/lyhytocf5/dropdown.png') no-repeat right #FEFEFE;
border: #FEFEFE 1px solid;
-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
border-radius: 3px;
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 10px 1px #FEFEFE;
box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 10px 1px #FEFEFE;
}
.select_join select {
background: transparent;
width: 170px;
font-size:7pt;
color:grey;
border: 0;
border-radius: 0;
height: 28px;
-webkit-appearance: none;
}
.select_join select:focus {
outline: none;
}
<div style="background-color:pink;height:150px; text-align:center;">
<br/>
<div class="select_join" style="margin-left:15px">
<select name="txtCountry">
<option>-- Select Country --</option>
<option value="1">Georgia</option>
<option value="2">Afghanistan</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
See also my demo on JSFiddle.
Unfortunately, it works only on Firefox. Could it be that others browser don't support styling of <option>
elements?
Browsers I tested on:
- Chrome: Version 27.0.1453.116 m
- IE: 10
- Firefox: 22.0
Add a CSS class to the <option>
tag to style it: http://jsfiddle.net/Ahreu/
Currently WebKit browsers don't support this behavior, as it's undefined by the spec. Take a look at this: How to style a select tag's option element?
It's doable but tricky.
Normal select-dropdown things won't accept styles. BUT. If there's a "size" parameter in the tag, almost any CSS will apply. Using this trick, I've created a fiddle that's practically equivalent to a normal select tag, plus the value can be edited manually like a ComboBox in visual languages (unless you put readonly in the input tag).
So here's a minimal example to see the principle behind:
(you'll need jQuery for the clicking mechanism):
<style>
/* only these 2 lines are truly required */
.stylish span {position:relative;}
.stylish select {position:absolute;left:0px;display:none}
/* now you can style the hell out of them */
.stylish input { ... }
.stylish select { ... }
.stylish option { ... }
.stylish optgroup { ... }
</style>
...
<div class="stylish">
<label> Choose your superhero: </label>
<span>
<input onclick="$(this).closest('div').find('select').slideToggle(110)">
<br>
<select size=15 onclick="$(this).hide().closest('div').find('input').val($(this).find('option:selected').text());">
<optgroup label="Fantasy"></optgroup>
<option value="gandalf">Gandalf</option>
<option value="harry">Harry Potter</option>
<option value="jon">Jon Snow</option>
<optgroup label="Comics"></optgroup>
<option value="tony">Tony Stark</option>
<option value="steve">Steven Rogers</option>
<option value="natasha">Natasha Romanova</option>
</select>
</span>
</div>
Here's the fiddle with some more (actually too much) styles:
https://jsfiddle.net/7ac9us70/1052/
(Again, it's stuffed with gradients and effects just to demonstrate the possibilities. I mean, duh, I'm not telling you to use radial gradient for goups plus hover-animated items! I have a heart!)
Notice how <optgroup>
tags don't encapsulate the options belonging under them as they normally should; yes this is intentional, it's for the styling (The well-mannered way would be a lot less stylable). And yes they do work perfectly well this way.
Tell the option element to be 13pt
select option{
font-size: 13pt;
}
and then the first option element to be 7pt
select option:first-child {
font-size: 7pt;
}
Running demo: http://jsfiddle.net/VggvD/1/
check this fiddle,
i just edited the above fiddle, its working
http://jsfiddle.net/narensrinivasans/FpNxn/1/
.selectDefault, .selectDiv option
{
font-family:arial;
font-size:12px;
}
select[value="value"]{
background-color: red;
padding: 3px;
font-weight:bold;
}
try this
http://jsfiddle.net/VggvD/2/
CSS add your code
.select_join option{
font-size:13px;
}