How can I remove the gloss on a select element in

Question

On Macs and iOS devices, in Safari, a <select> element with a background color generates a gloss over itself. This does not seem to happen in other operating systems.

For example, I have a select element with these style properties:

select {
-moz-border-radius: 3px;
-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
border-radius: 3px;
padding: 3px 6px;
margin: 10px 0 7px;
width: 250px;
background-color: #BD2786;
color: white;
letter-spacing: -.04em;
font-weight: bold;
border: 0;
}

And my element has the background color I want, but the gloss is still there. Does anyone know how to make it a flat color?

Answer 1

Using -webkit-appearance:none; will remove also the arrows indicating that this is a dropdown.

See this snippet that makes it work across different browsers an adds custom arrows without including any image files:

select{
	background: url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBpZD0iTGF5ZXJfMSIgZGF0YS1uYW1lPSJMYXllciAxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0Ljk1IDEwIj48ZGVmcz48c3R5bGU+LmNscy0xe2ZpbGw6I2ZmZjt9LmNscy0ye2ZpbGw6IzQ0NDt9PC9zdHlsZT48L2RlZnM+PHRpdGxlPmFycm93czwvdGl0bGU+PHJlY3QgY2xhc3M9ImNscy0xIiB3aWR0aD0iNC45NSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMCIvPjxwb2x5Z29uIGNsYXNzPSJjbHMtMiIgcG9pbnRzPSIxLjQxIDQuNjcgMi40OCAzLjE4IDMuNTQgNC42NyAxLjQxIDQuNjciLz48cG9seWdvbiBjbGFzcz0iY2xzLTIiIHBvaW50cz0iMy41NCA1LjMzIDIuNDggNi44MiAxLjQxIDUuMzMgMy41NCA1LjMzIi8+PC9zdmc+) no-repeat 95% 50%;
	-moz-appearance: none; 
	-webkit-appearance: none; 
	appearance: none;
    /* and then whatever styles you want*/
	height: 30px; 
	width: 100px;
	padding: 5px;
}

<select>
  <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
  <option value="saab">Saab</option>
  <option value="mercedes">Mercedes</option>
  <option value="audi">Audi</option>
</select>

Answer 2

@beanland; You have to write

-webkit-appearance:none;

in your css.

read this http://trentwalton.com/2010/07/14/css-webkit-appearance/

Answer 3

If you inspect the User Agent StyleSheet of Chome, you'll find this

outline: -webkit-focus-ring-color auto 5px;

in short its outline property - make it None

that should remove the glow

Answer 4

Check out -webkit-appearance: none and its derivatives. Originally described by Chris Coyer here: https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/a/appearance/

Answer 5

Sorry to pile on to an old item. I found partial answers to my questions here but had to do some work so I wanted to share my results for the next person.

I ended up using the same approach as the other contributors, but with a few tweaks to fix the following

1. Long text was covering the arrows in the other solutions
2. The image being used was a somewhat old and ugly up/down combo arrow.

The below will give you a working solution with the above issues fixed. Note: I used a white arrow for my use case, you may need to change the color of the arrow for yours.

here's a preview:

select{    
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  -moz-appearance: none;
  appearance: none;
  background: url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) no-repeat 101% 50%;
  padding-right:20px;
}